In Sequence interviews JGI’s Patrick Chain
As lead author of the recent Science paper on the need for new standards for the quality of genome sequences, JGI’s Patrick Chain sat down with In Sequence for an article published Dec. 10. [Read More]
DOE JGI early tester of 454’s benchtop sequencer on Y!Finance
454 Life Sciences, a Roche Company (SWX:RO) (SWX:ROG), announced today at the Association of Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, Florida a series of revolutionary developments which significantly expand the company’s high-throughput sequencing portfolio. Addressing the growing demand for next-generation sequencing data in everyday biological and clinical research, the company revealed the new GS Junior… [Read More]
DOE JGI early tester of 454’s benchtop sequencer on PharmaLive
The company announced plans to initiate an early access program for development of the next set of performance improvements to the Genome Sequencer FLX System, which will double the read length of the current GS FLX Titanium Kits and expect to contain reads up to 1,000 bp. The DOE Joint Genome Institute will be the… [Read More]
Jonathan Eisen, GEBA project in Nature
“The broad brush strokes of microbial diversity are not adequately represented in that first thousand,” says Stephen Giovannoni, a microbiologist at Oregon State University in Corvallis. “It’s absolutely important that we sequence more.” Enter the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea, a project spearheaded by the US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) in… [Read More]
Archael transcriptome map on GenomeWeb
In a collaboration between scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the Joint BioEnergy Institute, and the Joint Genome Institute, they have constructed a single-base resolution transcriptome map of Sulfolobus solfataricus P2, a well-studied model archaeal organism. More at GenomeWeb. [Read More]
Cassava research on InSequence
Recently, UA researchers won a $1.3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to lead an international consortium that is developing a genome variation database for cassava that aims to provide breeding tools to farmers for improving the plant and its disease resistance. The genome of the cassava, or Manihot esculenta, was sequenced… [Read More]
Cassava research on The Medical News
In response to the urgency of this threat, and building upon the newly available cassava genome sequence, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $1.3 million grant to University of Arizona researchers who will lead an international consortium to develop a genome variation database that will provide breeding tools to aid farmers in… [Read More]
Cassava research on Checkbiotech
A $1.3 Million grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the next phase of research that is critical to global food security. A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace of… [Read More]
Cassava genome research on MSN Money
In response to the urgency of this threat, and building upon the newly available cassava genome sequence, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a $1.3 million grant to University of Arizona researchers who will lead an international consortium to develop a genome variation database that will provide breeding tools to aid farmers in… [Read More]
Cassava research on dBusinessNews
A team of academic, government and industry researchers has completed a first draft of the cassava (Manihot esculenta) genome. The project is an important first step in accelerating the pace of research on this subsistence crop and addressing some of the many limitations that face cassava farmers around the world. Cassava is a root crop… [Read More]