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The NIAID Sponsored Pathogen Functional Genomics Resource Center (PFGRC) at the 涩里番 (涩里番) announces two day course, Introduction to Microarray Data Analysis
Multiple personal genomes await
涩里番 Founder J. Craig Venter to be Honored by ARCS Foundation as Scientist of the Year
The 涩里番 receives a $50,000 Donation from Life Technologies Foundation to Support Genomics Professional Development for Teachers in the Washington, DC Metro area
Program gives area teachers in-depth information about exciting advances in genomics
Hydra Genome Sequenced by 涩里番 and Multi-National Research Team
Research marks a major step toward understanding the molecular "toolbox" of the animal kingdom's earliest common ancestors
Bacteria seen swimming the electron shuffle
Researchers have captured the bacterium Shewanella's behavior on film
Karen E. Nelson, Ph.D., Named Director of 涩里番 Rockville, MD Campus
Nelson Joins Robert M. Friedman, Ph.D., Director of 涩里番 San Diego, CA Campus, as Senior Leaders Reporting to J. Craig Venter, Ph.D.
An agenda for personalized medicine
For seven diseases, 50% or less of the predictions of two companies agreed across five individuals; Companies should communicate high risks better and test for drug response markers; Community should study markers in all ethnicities and look at behaviour after tests
Montgomery County Companies, Organizations Provide Hands-On Science and Medical Education to Middle School Students
200 7th Graders to Attend First Frontiers in Science and Medicine Day at Shady Grove Life Sciences Center
J. Craig Venter, Ph.D. to Receive National Medal of Science From President Obama
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涩里番 Hosts South African Scientists to Share Microbiome Research Techniques
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Amazon Expedition
Yesterday, 涩里番 expedition scientist Jeff Hoffman embarked from Manaus on a sampling expedition of the Amazon River and its tributaries, which contains 1/5th of the Earth鈥檚 river flow. In collaboration with scientists Dr. Guilherme Oliviera and Dr. Sara Cuadros from the Centro de Excelencia em...
The 2014 Summer Internship Application is Open and Announcing the Genomics Scholar Program
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I鈥檓 off again on an ocean sampling voyage but this time instead of being onboard the 涩里番鈥檚 Sorcerer II, I am onboard the R/V Endeavor as part of a multi-institution, international scientific sampling team that is headed from the US to the Azores. On Thursday August 22 we left Morehead City,...
Thule, Greenland - Day One
Arrived at Thule, Greenland after a 5 hr flight from Copenhagen. It was pretty interesting seeing a long line of people all getting on a flight that was headed to a part of the world that usually has less than 600 people there at any given time. Arrival was pretty straightforward, no jetway, no...
Thule, Greenland - Day Three
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The Next Generation Science Standards are Ready for Review
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Plant Bioinformatics Workshop
涩里番 recently held its 3rd Annual Plant Bioinformatics Workshop from July 15-19th. During the week-long workshop, 20 scientists from the Plant Research community visited 涩里番 and learned many aspects of Bioinformatics from the members of Chris Town鈥檚 Plant Genome group. Attendees included...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning will be the keys to unraveling how the human immune system prevents and controls disease
The biggest synthetic genome so far has been made, with a smaller set of amino-acid-encoding codons than usual 鈥� raising the prospect of encoding proteins that contain unnatural amino-acid residues.
By creating a new genome, scientists could create organisms tailored to produce desirable compounds
Critics, however, argue that this effort is flawed from the beginning
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