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President Honors Nation's Top Scientists and Innovators
New genomic model defines microbes by diet -- provides tool for tracking environmental change
涩里番 Researchers Clone and Engineer Bacterial Genomes in Yeast and Transplant Genomes Back into Bacterial Cells
New methods allow for the rapid engineering of bacterial chromosomes and the creation of extensively modified bacterial species; should also play key role in boot up of synthetic cell
The NIAID-Supported Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center at the 涩里番 Offers New Affymetrix Array for Faster Identification of E. Coli and Shigella
Custom microarray allows scientists to identify different strains of the potentially fatal foodborne pathogens
NIH Expands Human Microbiome Project; Funds Sequencing Centers and Disease Projects
涩里番 Awarded $43 Million, Five Year Contract from NIAID to Continue to Develop and Provide Sequencing, Genotyping, and Bioinformatics Expertise and Services in Infectious Diseases
Genes from Tiny Algae Shed Light on Big Role Managing Carbon in World's Oceans & Coping with Environmental Change
International Team of Researchers Develops New Tool to Elucidate the Epigenome
Technology has potential application for personalized cancer therapies
Venter Institute Launches the J. Robert Beyster and Life Technologies 2009-2010 Research Voyage of the Sorcerer II Expedition
Team will sail to Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas, sampling water and cataloguing microbial diversity
Expedition funded by local San Diego supporters Beyster Family Foundation Fund and matching grants from Life Technologies and others
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