2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
RNA matters: the role of transmissible RNAs for social and individual immunity
| Project/Area Number |
19K16205
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
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Principal Investigator |
VELASQUE Mariana 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, ゲノム・遺伝子制御システム科学ユニット, 客員研究員 (10834591)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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| Keywords | Gene expression / Eusociality / small RNA / regulation |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This research grant aimed to investigate the role of small RNAs in regulating critical aspects of eusociality, such as immunity and cognition. Using Next-Generation Sequencing and comprehensive bioinformatics analysis, I investigated complex regulatory pathways involved with eusociality, culminating in the production of three research papers. Two of them are currently under review in high impact factor journals, and one to be submitted by September 2022. Despite the COVID-19 interruptions, I presented this work at the Australasian Evolution Society, in 2021. Articles in submission were published as pre-prints and can be assessed using:
"Suppressed eusocial reproduction supports evolutionary convergence over co-option (https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.11.451940) and "Ecological Drivers of Community Cohesion" (https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.15.491981). In addition, I published an additional work as part of my community engagement initiative "Honeybee Cognition as a Tool for Scientific Engagement" (https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12090842).
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