This year’s research prize awarded by Eppendorf goes to Spain

17-06-2013

The British scientist Ben Lehner, Ph.D., ICREA Research Professor, EMBL-CRG Systems Biology Unit at the Centre de Regulació Genòmica, in Barcelona, Spain, has won the 2013 Eppendorf Young Investigator Award. Lehner, born 1978, receives the Eppendorf Award for his discoveries concerning the ...

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Decoded genome paves way for better watermelons

29-11-2012

Sweeter and more disease-resistant watermelons just may be on their way, thanks to an international consortium of more than 60 scientists that has just published the genome sequence of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus). Such information could dramatically accelerate breeding to produce more ...

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24-07-2012

The entire genomes of 91 human sperm from one man have been sequenced by Stanford University researchers. The results provide a fascinating glimpse into naturally occurring genetic variation in one individual, and are the first to report the whole-genome sequence of a human gamete — the only ...

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01-06-2012

For the first time, the genome of the tomato, Solanum lycopersicum, has been decoded, an important step toward improving yield, nutrition, disease resistance, taste and color of the tomato and other crops.The full genome sequence, as well as the sequence of a wild relative (Solanum ...

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29-11-2011

The International Cooperation to Sequence the Atlantic Salmon Genome (ICSASG, the "Cooperation") has awarded the Phase II contract for next-generation sequencing and analysis of the Atlantic salmon genome to the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). The JCVI will be sequencing the salmon genome ...

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26-09-2011

A team of researchers from Roche, including scientists from Roche Pharma Research and Early Development and Roche NimbleGen, reported in Genome Research that they have generated the first draft genome sequence of the cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) and developed a novel microarray ...

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02-09-2011

During such mass food-poisoning outbreaks as the recent contamination of ground turkey, speedy identification of the bacteria involved can save lives and reduce illness. New research co-authored by a Cornell food scientist will accelerate the process of identifying strains of salmonella ...

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Scientists from the University of Utah and Omicia Publish VAAST: Software to Identify Cause of Fatal Childhood Genetic Syndrome

27-06-2011

Scientists from the University of Utah and Omicia, Inc., a privately held company developing tools to interpret personal genome sequences, announced the publication in Genome Research of a new software tool called VAAST, the Variant Annotation, Analysis and Selection Tool, a probabilistic ...

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23-06-2011

If you think yeast is most useful for beer and pizza crust, here's something else to chew on: a team of U.S. researchers has identified and compared the genetic codes for all known species of yeasts closely related to bakers' and brewers' yeast. This information, published in the Genetics ...

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17-02-2011

Composed of more than 4 billion nucleotides, a draft sequence of the Neandertal genome won the 2010 Newcomb Cleveland Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).The Association's oldest prize, now supported by Affymetrix, the Newcomb Cleveland Prize annually ...

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