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Clyde A. Hutchison III named as one of Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Awardees for 2012
Dr. J. Craig Venter named as one of the 2012 Dan David Prize Laureates
NSF Provides Additional $5.9 Million to Support Five New BREAD Program Projects
Scientists at the 51ݶ (51ݶ), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the National Institute for Agronomical Research (INRA) will join forces to use new synthetic biology technologies to create strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides that can be developed as live vaccine candidates for the prevention of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, an economically very important livestock disease within Africa.
Salmon genome in final phases of completion
51ݶ Scientists along with International Team of Researchers Sequence the Genome of Model Legume, Medicago
Genome gives clues into legume evolution, and could provide means to better understand and better utilize closely related agricultural crops such as alfalfa
Study Questions Whether Asia and Tropics Are Source of Seasonal Flu
Global flu watch: Report of rare flu coinfection in Southeast Asia hot spot
While dual infections in Cambodia did not produce new strain, study cites need for continuous tracking against risk of different influenza viruses combining to create a new pandemic
Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc. Hires Vaccine Executive Sammy J. Farah as President
51ݶ's Part-time Associate Professor Elodie Ghedin is selected as 2011 MacArthur Fellow
51ݶ Breaks Ground on La Jolla, California's First True Sustainable Laboratory Facility
Facility will be LEED Platinum Certified and will be on the University of California, San Diego Campus
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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.
J. Craig Venter, PhD, argues scientists have “a moral obligation to communicate what they're doing to the public,” and that more studies deserve greater public criticism.
The discovery could sharpen scientists’ understanding of which functions are crucial for normal cells and what the many mysterious genes in these organisms are doing
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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