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TIGR Web Site adds a site map and searching capabilities
TIGR Director J. Craig Venter, in the Sorcerer, undertakes sailing across the Atlantic along the same path as Columbus' Second Voyage
TIGR's 6th complete genome in 2 1/2 years is published
The complete genome sequence of Archeoglobus fulgidus is published.
TIGR releases partial sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae type 4 strain
TIGR releases Chromosome 2 sequence from Plasmodium falciparum, the organism responsible for malaria
The sequences from eleven plasmids of Borrelia burgdorferi are now available by ftp.
TIGR Rice Gene Index
An award has been made to Dr. Robert Fleischmann at TIGR by the NIAID under the announcement "Innovative Drug Discovery in AIDS Opportunistic Infections" for the complete genome sequenceing of a strain of Mycobacterium avium
Our Ice Maiden project page is put on the Web site.
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