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Richard H. Scheuermann, Ph.D. Joins J. Craig Venter Institute as Director of Informatics
Major networking opportunity: IMEx Consortium brings interactomes to light
Like people bustling around busy cities, the thousands of molecules inside our cells are constantly interacting with each other: turning each other on or off, working together, splitting up and networking. Understanding the countless ways in which they do so is a major challenge in biology, but it is fundamental to understanding life. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and colleagues in the International Molecular Exchange (IMEx) consortium are rising to the challenge by offering researchers a freely available set of experimental interaction data that can be queried from a single interface. Reporting in Nature Methods, IMEx partners describe the advantages of their service and invite others to join the effort.
Clyde A. Hutchison III named as one of Caltech's Distinguished Alumni Awardees for 2012
Dr. J. Craig Venter named as one of the 2012 Dan David Prize Laureates
NSF Provides Additional $5.9 Million to Support Five New BREAD Program Projects
Scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), and the National Institute for Agronomical Research (INRA) will join forces to use new synthetic biology technologies to create strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides that can be developed as live vaccine candidates for the prevention of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, an economically very important livestock disease within Africa.
Salmon genome in final phases of completion
JCVI Scientists along with International Team of Researchers Sequence the Genome of Model Legume, Medicago
Genome gives clues into legume evolution, and could provide means to better understand and better utilize closely related agricultural crops such as alfalfa
Study Questions Whether Asia and Tropics Are Source of Seasonal Flu
Global flu watch: Report of rare flu coinfection in Southeast Asia hot spot
While dual infections in Cambodia did not produce new strain, study cites need for continuous tracking against risk of different influenza viruses combining to create a new pandemic
Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc. Hires Vaccine Executive Sammy J. Farah as President
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