Ryan J Taft

Ryan J Taft, Ph.D.

  • Position:
    Research Officer

    Division of Genomics and Computational Biology

    Institute for Molecular Bioscience (Brisbane, Australia)

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  • Advisor:

    John S Mattick

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  • Degrees:
     
    Ph.D., Genomics and Computational Biology, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, University of Queensland
     
    B.Sc., Biochemistry, University of California, Davis (Davis, CA)
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  • Research:
    My work is focused on the function and evolution of so-called "junk" DNA and the noncoding RNAs it encodes - specifically small regulatory RNAs like microRNAs and piRNAs. Recently I have identified several new classes of evolutionarily deep small RNAs, including transcription initiation RNAs (tiRNAs) and sno-derived RNAs (sdRNAs).

    All of my early training was in the wet lab, but you're now most likely to find me behind a computer. My recent work has focused almost exclusively on using next generation sequencing approaches to tease out the expression and function of known and novel classes of small regulatory RNAs. I'm partial to the Illumina platform, but I have also experimented with the Roche/454 and SOLiD systems.

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  • Honors:

    2011-2013 University of Queensland Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    2010 Finalist, Australia Museum Eureka Prizes Early Career Research

    2010 Finalist, Australia Museum Eureka Prizes People's Choice Award

    2009 University of Queensland, Dean’s Award List for Outstanding Research Higher Degree Theses

    2009 Universtiy of Queensland International Research Tuition Award

    2005-2009 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow

    1996 University of California, Davis Jastro Scholar

    1996-2002 University of California, Davis Honors Challenge

    1996-2002 Golden Key National Honor Society

    1996-2001 University of California Regent's Scholar

    1996 University of California, Davis Craft Scholar

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Ryan Taft's Publications (17)



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The fraction of non-protein-coding DNA and megabases of protein-coding sequence (CDS) per haploid genome across species. Taft et al. Bioessays 2007.



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