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.
Affymetrix’s $25M True Materials Buy is Most Recent Graduate of QB3 Garage Incubator
July 30, 2008
True Materials is the fourth company to “graduate” from the Garage since it opened in 2005 in QB3’s facilities on the Mission Bay campus of the University of California at San Francisco. Although True Materials was not a university startup, it validates the Garage’s mission to create successful biotech startups as the first UC-affiliated incubator.
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