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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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