NHGRI Allocates $4M for Informatics Development for Sequence Data Analysis

Jun 01, 2012

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The National Human Genome Research Institute has awarded about $4 million to six research teams to develop bioinformatics software for analyzing sequence data.

The recipients of the funds, which are funded through cooperative agreements, are part of NHGRI's newly established iSeqTools network.

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