Parasite Genomics Protocols

The Eukaryotic Pathogen Databases: A Functional Genomic Resource Integrating Data from of Human and Veterinary Parasites.- From Sequence Mapping to Genome Assemblies.- Sequencing and Annotation of Mitochondrial Genomes from Individual Parasitic Helminths.- A Beginners Guide to Estimating the Non-synonymous to Synonymous Rate Ratio of all Protein-coding Genes in a Genome.- Exploiting Genetic Variation to Discover Genes Involved in Important Disease Phenotypes.- Identification and Analysis of Ingi-Related Retroposons in the Trypanosomatid Genomes.- Approaches for Studying mRNA Decay Mediated by SIDER2 Retroposons in Leishmania.- Gene Suppression in Schistosomes using RNAi.- Construction of Trypanosoma brucei Illumina RNA-Seq Libraries Enriched for Transcript Ends.- Techniques to Study Epigenetic Control and the Epigenome in Parasites.- The Genome-wide Identification of Promoter Regions in Toxoplasma gondii.- RNA-seq Approaches for Determining mRNA Abundance in Leishmania.- Protein Microarrays for Parasite Antigen Discovery.- A Transposon-based Tool for Transformation and Mutagenesis in Trypanosomatid Protozoa.- Separation of Basic Proteins from Leishmania using a combination of Free Flow Electrophoresis (FFE) and 2D Electrophoresis (2-DE) under Basic Conditions.- Proteomic Analysis of Post Translational Modifications using iTRAQ in Leishmania.- Large Scale Differential Proteome Analysis in Plasmodium falciparum under Drug Treatment.- Use of ¹³C Stable Isotope Labelling for Pathway and Metabolic Flux Analysis in Leishmania Parasites.- Molecular Genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi for Lineage Assignment and Population Genetics.- Screening Leishmania donovani Complex-specific Genes Required for Visceral Disease.