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TIGR's founder and its Board chairman, J. Craig Venter, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
TIGR's founder and its Board chairman, J. Craig Venter, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."
TIGR, IBEA, and TCAG to Create New High-Throughput Genomic Sequencing Facility
August 15, 2002 ROCKVILLE, MD--August 15, 2002--The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives (IBEA) and The Center for the Advancement of Genomics (TCAG), all not-for-profit organizations supported by the J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, announced today their plan to create a next generation, high-throughput DNA sequencing facility in Rockville, Maryland. The sequencing of the first two genomes of free-living organisms in 1995 at TIGR paved...
Towards the $1,000 Genome: "Hot Topic" Added to TIGR Genome Conference
September 23, 2002 Rockville, MD - September 23, 2002 -- The potential for new genome sequencing technologies will be the focus of a newly added "hot topic" panel discussion - "The Future of Sequencing: Advancing Towards the $1,000 Genome" - that will be part of the opening plenary session of the 14th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference (GSAC 14), to be held in Boston from October 2-5, 2002. The panel will explore new DNA sequencing technologies that have the...
Scientists Decipher Genetic Code of Malaria Parasite
October 2, 2002 Rockville, MD - In a landmark contribution to the age-old battle against malaria, a consortium of scientists including The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) announced today that they have deciphered the complex genetic code of the parasite that causes the deadliest form of the disease. Malaria is one of the world's most devastating infectious diseases, killing more than a million people a year in developing nations. The scientific paper analyzing the genome of that...
Strausberg, Leading Genomic Scientist, to Become TIGR's V.P. for Research
April 24, 2003 Rockville, MD - Genomics innovator Robert L. Strausberg, who directs the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Cancer Genomics Office, has been named as Vice President for Research at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). Strausberg has played an important role in the development of innovative tools and technologies for genome research, both at the NCI - where he helped devise new ways to collect and apply genomic information that is important to cancer research - and...
Genomics Conference Expands Focus To New Frontiers of Research
September 12, 2003 Rockville, MD - The expansion of the genomics revolution into medicine, the environment, systems biology and an array of other scientific fields will dominate discussions among leading researchers at the 15th International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference. GSAC 15, which is organized by The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), will be held in Savannah, GA, from September 21-24. The conference will feature presentations by some of the world's...
TIGR, NIAID Sign $65 Million Microbial Sequencing Contract
October 2, 2003 Rockville, MD - The world's leading center for microbial genomics, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), has signed a five-year, $65 million contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, to sequence and analyze the genomes of pathogenic microbes and invertebrate vectors of infectious diseases for the wider scientific community. Under the contract, TIGR will sequence dozens of genomes per...
16TH International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference Features NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, Biologist E.O. Wilson and other Eminent Scientists
September 20, 2004 Rockville, MD — In the three years since the first analysis and publication of the human genome, the number of sequenced genomes from all branches of life has skyrocketed, the cost to do sequencing has decreased, and the application of genomic knowledge into and its impact on areas such as medicine and health have expanded exponentially. For the past 16 years the International Genome Sequencing and Analysis Conference (GSAC), organized by The Institute for Genomic...
TIGR President Wins ASM's Promega Biotechnology Research Award
June 6, 2005 TIGR President and Director Claire M. Fraser, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2005 Promega Biotechnology Research Award at the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM), the nation's largest life sciences society. The award honors Fraser for her "outstanding contributions to the application of biotechnology through fundamental microbiological research and development." In accepting the award Monday, Fraser delivered a lecture at the ASM's 105th General Meeting...
U.S. / African Project Deciphers Deadly Parasite Genome
June 30, 2005 Rockville, MD, and Nairobi, Kenya — An innovative North-South research collaboration has culminated in a study published in this week's Science that provides molecular clues to help develop new ways to treat or prevent East Coast fever. The disease, which kills a million cattle a year in East and Central Africa, has had a devastating impact on rural areas — such as Maasai tribal communities in Kenya — where cattle play a crucial role in the local society and...