Institute for Genome Sciences
U of Maryland Institute for Genome Sciences Wins $17.5M NIH Grant
The funding will enable the Institute for Genome Sciences to pursue a number of infectious disease research initiatives using omics technologies.
IGS Wins FDA Funds to Sequence Pathogens, Create Database for Use in New Dx Development
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The Institute for Genome Sciences at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has received a $1.4 million contract from the US Food and Drug Administration to sequence, assemble, and annotate a population of bacterial pathogens.
Gates Foundation Awards $1.3M for Cassava Research after Int'l Team Sequences Draft Genome
The award will support a University of Arizona-led team in developing a database characterizing genome variation in cassava — a plant for which a draft genome sequence is now available.
Bioinformatics
The Plant-Associated Microbe Gene Ontology Consortium presented a vocabulary resource comprising more than 700 words focusing on microbe-host interactions. The words appear as part of eight papers is a special supplement to BMC Microbiology.