The NIH has committed $2 million in FY19 for projects to build informatics tools that can be used to better understand the functions of understudied proteins.
Funding will go to the West German Genome Center, the NGS Competence Center Tübingen, the Dresden-Concept Genome Center, and the Competence Center for Genomic Analysis Kiel.
President Trump had earlier in the day said on Twitter that he was considering vetoing the bill over an immigration issue and a lack of funding for a proposed Mexican border wall.
In PNAS this week: a genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic analysis of the tea plant, Arabidopsis thaliana's adaptations to specific local environments, and more.
An effort by Genomics Medicine Ireland is creating a database of diseases based on the genomics of people in Ireland. It now is looking into the possibility of including Scotland in its work.
In recent weeks, the direct-to-consumer genetics firm has rolled out a health hub where customers can share information concerning 18 common health conditions.
