University of Idaho
NSF Awards $13M to Advance the 'Tree of Life'
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The National Science Foundation has awarded $13 million to new projects to develop tools to enable researchers to better see and study the evolutionary relationships between all life on earth.
IP Roundup, Sep 14, 2010
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Fujifilm, Johns Hopkins University, University of Idaho, Affymetrix, Life Technologies, Institute for Systems Biology, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Suntory, Luminex, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite de Nantes, University of Florida, Illumina
US Team Characterizes Vaginal Microbes in Women from Different Ethnic Backgrounds
American researchers used 16S rRNA pyrosequencing to identify five main microbial community types associated with vaginas of healthy women from four ethnic groups.
A Big Team for a Big Lab
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Richard Smith is one PI who asks his postdocs to check their egos at the door for the benefit of the group, but the time they spend in his lab guarantees to benefit them all as individuals.