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IBEA Researchers Publish Results From Environmental Shotgun Sequencing of Sargasso Sea In Science; Discover 1,800 New Species And 1.2 Million New Genes, Including Nearly 800 New Photoreceptor Genes
IBEA Announces Sorcerer II Expedition, Global Expedition To Sample World's Oceans And Land To Characterize And Understand Microbial Populations Using Environmental DNA Sequencing
Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation give IBEA $4.25 Million Grant for Genomic Sequencing of DNA Samples from Expedition Discovery Channel to Film Expedition for TV Documentary
Discovery Channel to Film Expedition for TV Documentary
TIGR Offers International Travel Fellowships
Scientists Discover Way to Streamline Analysis of Maize Genome
Combination of Two Techniques Can Help Identify "Gene Islands" in the Key Crop
Scientists Explore Secrets of the Anthrax Spore
Study May Help With Detection, Prevention and Early Treatment of Anthrax
Scientists Decipher Genome of Bacterium That Remediates Uranium Contamination and Generates Electricity Through Its Metabolism
Analysis of Geobacter sulfurreducens Genes Reveals New Capabilities
Gene Transfer Leads To Antibiotic Resistance In Staph Strain
Study Sheds Light on Vancomycin Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus
IBEA Researchers Make Significant Advance in Methodology Toward Goal of a Synthetic Genome
Group Synthesizes Biologically Active Genome of Bacteriophage φX174
IBEA research, funded by Dept. of Energy, is an important advance toward the goal of a completely synthetic genome that could aid in carbon sequestration and energy production
NHGRI Funds Next Generation Of Large-Scale Sequencing Centers
New Efforts Will Build on Success of the Human Genome Project
TIGR to Help Decipher Genome of Model Legume
Sequencing of Medicago truncatula Will Benefit Nutrition, Agricultural Research
TIGR Posts Sequence Data for Parasite that Causes Trichomoniasis
Sexually-Transmitted Trichomonas vaginalis Amplifies HIV Transmission
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