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What's Shaped Like a Pear and Has Two Genomes? Check The Pond.
Researchers sequence the macronuclear genome of Tetrahymena thermophila, a model eukaryote
Surf's Up — And One Coastal Microbe Has Adapted
With new cyanobacteria genome, scientists find life really does differ at the coast
Comparative sequence analysis of S. pneumoniae TIGR 4 and a set of diverse S. pneumoniae strains.
MultiExperiment Viewer (MeV) 4.0 with Linear Expression Map (LEM) Module Released
Proteomic analysis of cell envelope-associated proteins in a vancomcyin intermediate resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) strain
Comparative proteomic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus strains of the VISA phenotype with differing resistance to vancomycin
Surprising Symbiosis: Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Eats With Friends
Like a celebrity living on mineral water, the glassy-wingedsharpshooter consumes only the dilute sap of woody plants — including grapevinesin California,which is feverishly working to prevent the insect's flight into prizedvineyards. Now, in a surprising study published in the June 6 issue of PublicLibrary of Science Biology (PLoS Biology), researchers at The Institute forGenomic Research (TIGR), the University of Arizona, and their colleagueshave discovered that the sharpshooter's deprivation diet is sneakilysupplemented by not one, but two co-dependent bacteria living inside its cells.
Gut Reaction: Researchers Define The Colon's Genome
For the first time, scientists describe the busy microbial world inside
Comparative sequence analysis of B. anthracis Ames Ancestor and a set of diverse B. anthracis strains.
Leading Department of Energy Genome Scientist to Direct Joint Marine Microbial Metagenomics Cyberinfrastructure Initiative
Dr. Paul Gilna Will Lead Moore Foundation-Funded Project Linking UC San Diego and Venter Institute
Government of Victoria, Australia and Venter Institute to Survey and Sequence Microbes in Soil and Bovine Digestive System
Environmental genomics approach expected to reveal biological diversity in lesser known ecosystems
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The 2014 Summer Internship Application is Open and Announcing the Genomics Scholar Program
The 2014 Summer Internship Application is now open. Last summer, we hosted 49 interns from a pool of 424 applicants. They presented their research in the First Annual Summer Internship Poster Sessions held in San Diego and Rockville. The posters were judged by a team of...
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Craig Venter: 20 years of decoding the human genome
The human genome is 99% decoded, the American geneticist Craig Venter announced two decades ago. What has the deciphering brought us since then?
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