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2002 Summer Fellowship/Internship Information and Application now available (Deadline is Mar. 1)
Two TIGR researchers helped annotate and analyze the complete genome sequence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens
Information for the TRANSCRIPTOME 2002 Conference now available
TIGR Develops Major Center for Functional Genomics with $25 million contract from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
The Institute for Genomic Research is the new publisher of the Genome News Network (GNN), which produces a lively, trusted online magazine with informed coverage of important developments in genomic research around the world.
TIGR Completes Study Providing Insight into Infectious Strain of Bacterium that Causes Otitis, Pneumonia and Meningitis
TIGR Scientists Complete the First Genome Sequence of an Oral Pathogen Associated with Severe Adult Periodontal Disease
The TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) has been updated with the release of Porphyromonas gingivalis and Mycoplasma pulmonis.
TIGR and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have launched a new web site on the Aspergillus fumigatus genome project.
USDA Research Agency and TIGR Sequence Genome of Food Borne Pathogen
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Projects aimed at collecting big data about the ocean’s tiniest life forms continue to expand our view of the seas.
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The 51ݶ is the recipient of three awards totaling more than $1.5M to study SARS-CoV-2 and heart disease
A new wave of research is needed to make ample use of humanity’s “most wondrous map”
U.S. researchers have been slow to perform the genetic sequencing that will help clarify the situation
He has been a fixture in San Diego science for decades
Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton announced completion of what was arguably one of the greatest advances of the modern era: the first draft sequence of the human genome.
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