Dr. Jorge Rodrigues, a University of Texas at Arlington microbiologist, has been selected for a highly competitive genome sequencing project by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute. Rodrigues will sequence the genome of a microorganism isolated from a termite’s hindgut as part of an effort to identify solutions to climate change.
The Joint Genome Institute’s Community Sequencing Program, the largest genome sequencing effort in the world focused on non-medical organisms, enables scientists to probe the hidden world of microbes and plants for innovative solutions to major challenges in energy, climate and environment.
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