Press Releases & Advisories
UCSD-TCAG Collaboration to Focus on Transformation of Genome-Based Knowledge Into Health Benefits
Dog Genome Published by Researchers at TIGR, TCAG
New technique, partial shotgun-genome sequencing at 1.5X coverage (6.22 million reads) of genome, provides a useful, cost-effective way to increase number of large genomes analyzed
Analysis reveals that 650 million base pairs...
Genomics Conference Expands Focus To New Frontiers of Research
The expansion of the genomics revolution into medicine, the environment, systems biology and other scientific fields will dominate discussions among leading scientists at the 15th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis...
Scientists Decipher Genome of Model Plant Pathogen
TIGR scientists and collaborators have deciphered and analyzed the genome of a model plant pathogen, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, shedding new light on the molecular mechanisms by which the bacterium infects plants and adapts...
Affymetrix, TIGR and NIAID Join Forces to Fight SARS Virus
A new GeneChip® array from Affymetrix, Inc., that aims to catalyze research into the SARS virus is being made available to the research community through an innovative collaboration involving partners in the government,...
MdBioLab Forms Coalition With Other Mobile Bioscience Labs
In an innovative effort to help high school bioscience labs keep pace with fast-moving research advances, the TIGR-supported MdBioLab and three other mobile bioscience labs announced Monday that they are forming the MobileLabs...
Twice as Many Predicted Genes in "Finished" Rice Chromosome
The smallest rice chromosome has nearly twice as many predicted genes as the draft DNA sequence had indicated, according to a new study by researchers at TIGR and collaborators. The "finished" sequence and analysis of rice...
Genomic-Based Prospective Medicine Collaboration Announced by Duke University Medical Center and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics
Groups will work together to create the first genomic-based, prospective medicine practice utilizing correlations between comprehensive genomic and medical data relevant to prediction, early detection and prevention of disease
TIGR International Travel Fellowships
The Institute for Genomic Research is pleased to announce its new International Travel Fellowship. The Fellowship is designed to provide established researchers from developing countries with an interest in computational genomics...
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