Sequencing and Analysis of the Hydra Genome
Chapman, Kirkness et al., Nature
An international research collaboration reports their sequencing and analysis of the Hydra magnipapillata genome, and compare it to the genomes of several other organisms. "The Hydra genome has been shaped by bursts of transposable element expansion, horizontal gene transfer, trans-splicing, and simplification of gene structure and gene content that parallel simplification of the Hydra life cycle," the authors write. They team suggests that comparisons of the Hydra genome to the reported sequences of other animals have helped them to elucidate the evolution of several of the organism's characteristics.
Philly Area Bioscience Officials Create ‘Clubhouse’ To Foster Commercialization
January 05, 2009
The Philadelphia clubhouse would launch a “proof-of-concept” center intended to support emerging companies along the lines of two such existing centers nationwide — the Deshpande Center at the MIT School of Engineering and the von Liebig Center at the University of California-San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering — but with more of a focus on the life sciences than those efforts.
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