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Maryland-Based Research Lab Completes Study that is Likely to Lead to Development of Novel Meningitis B Vaccine
March 10, 2000 ROCKVILLE, MD -- Investigators at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) today announced that they have determined the complete genetic blueprint for Neisseria meningitidis, the primary causative agent of bacterial meningitis. Hervé Tettelin led the team at TIGR that determined the order of all of the 2.27 million individual chemical base units making up N. meningitidis' DNA. This study, reported in the March 10 issue of Science, represents the 10th microbial genome...
The TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) is now online
The TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) is now online. The CMR is a new web-based database combining information from all completed microbial genomes worldwide.
TIGR Completes Sequencing of 19th AND 20th Genomes and Chromosomes
July 11, 2000 ROCKVILLE, MD - The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) this week celebrates the completion of its 19th and 20th genome sequencing projects. The completion of the entire genome sequences of Chlorobium tepidum and Caulobacter crescentus mark a major milestone in TIGR's history. The genome of Chlorobium tepidum is the first from a member of the green sulfur bacteria, an evolutionarily distinct lineage of bacteria that possess a unique mechanism of photosynthesis relative to...
The TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) has now been updated with new genomes and research tools
The TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) has now been updated with new genomes and research tools. The CMR is a web-based database combining information from all completed microbial genomes worldwide.
Ceres, Inc and TIGR to Collaborate on Analysis of Thousands of Plant Genes
December 19, 2000 Los Angeles, California. Ceres, Inc., a privately held plant genomics company, and The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) have announced a collaboration to accurately identify the structure of genes and their encoded proteins in the chromosomes of the plant species Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis is a model plant species widely used by scientists for genetic studies of agricultural crops and other plants. Since 1996 an international consortium of laboratories,...
International Network for the Sequencing of Anopheles gambiae Genome
March 5, 2001 Paris - An international network of Anopheles gambiae researchers and genome sequencing centers meeting at the Institut Pasteur has agreed to the general principles and method of operation for sequencing the genome of the mosquito most important for the spread of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and for making the information freely available through public databases, together with all ancillary genomic, genetic and biological information concerning the mosquito. The mosquito...
Invitrogen Completes Worldwide Distribution Agreement with The Institute for Genomic Research
March 19, 2001 San Diego, CA — Invitrogen Corporation (NASDAQ: IVGN) and The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) today announced the completion of a Master Distribution Agreement for the distribution of genes. Under the agreement, Invitrogen will have worldwide rights to distribute gene clones and clone sets derived from TIGR's gene libraries, as well as those developed by TIGR in the future, through Invitrogen's Research Genetics (ResGenTM) product line. "This agreement further...
The TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) has been updated with six new genomes
The TIGR Comprehensive Microbial Resource (CMR) has been updated with six new genomes: Caulobacter crescentus, Pasteurella multocida, Lactococcus lactis, Bacillus halodurans, Escherichia coli O157, and Mycobacterium leprae. The CMR is a web-based database combining information from all completed microbial genomes worldwide.
TIGR Scientists Complete the First Genome Sequence of an Oral Pathogen Associated with Severe Adult Periodontal Disease
June 12, 2001 ROCKVILLE, MD June 12, 2001 — Biologists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, MD in collaboration with The Forsyth Institute in Boston, MA, have completed the sequence from Porphyromonas gingivalis, the first oral disease-causing microbe to be completely sequenced. Porphyromonas gingivalis is a bacterium, which may causeadult periodontitis, or gum disease. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that millions of Americans suffer from periodontitis,...
Scientists Find New Markers For Anthrax Isolates
May 9, 2002 In a pioneering use of genomics as a tool for the forensic analysis of microbes, scientists at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) in Rockville, Md., and at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Az., have found new genetic markers that distinguish the Bacillus anthracis isolate that was used in last fall's bioterror attack in Boca Raton, Florida, from closely related anthrax strains. Their findings, posted on Science Express on May 9 and scheduled for later...