genome sequencing

Cheap Genome Sequencing Reduces Your Carbon Footprint

harminka — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:32:22 -0500

With the costs of genome sequencing rapidly decreasing, and with the infrastructure now developed for almost anyone with access to a computer to cheaply store, access, and analyze sequence information, emphasis is increasingly being placed on ways to apply genome data to real world problems, including reducing dependency on fossil fuel. For the efficient production of bioenergy, this may be accomplished through development of improved feedstocks.

Researchers Create Novel Technique to Sequence Human Genome

harminka — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:30:48 -0500

Physicists at Brown University have developed a novel procedure to map a person’s genome. They report in the journal Nanotechnology the first experiment to move a DNA chain through a nanopore using magnets. The approach is promising because it allows multiple segments of a DNA strand to be read simultaneously and accurately.

New genome sequencing projects

harminka — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:01:52 -0500

In the continuing effort to tap the vast, unexplored reaches of the earth's microbial and plant domains for bioenergy and environmental applications, the DOE Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI) has announced its latest portfolio of DNA sequencing projects that it will undertake in the coming year.

Ethical treatment of whole genome research participants

harminka — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:46:55 -0500

Recent technological developments have made it possible for scientists to sequence an entire human genome, but these advances may be a mixed blessing. While much has been made of the benefits of whole-genome sequencing, from improved disease diagnosis to rational drug design, the impacts on the privacy and autonomy of individual participants has received much less scrutiny.

Red flour beetle genome sequencing featured in March 27 issue of Nature

harminka — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:55:54 -0500

Most of us hate to find the red flour beetle living happily in the flour sack in our pantries. But for several scientists at Kansas State University, and many others throughout the world, this pest of stored grain and grain products is the best organism for studying genetics.

Iowa State researchers help piece together the corn genome's first draft

harminka — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:55:26 -0600

Iowa State University researchers helped write the first draft of the corn genome sequence that will be announced Thursday, Feb. 28, at the 50th Annual Maize Genetics Conference in Washington, D.C.

Scientists complete sequencing of DNA pioneer

harminka — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:09:16 -0500

454 Life Sciences Corporation, in collaboration with scientists at the Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, announced today in Houston, Texas, the completion of a project to sequence the genome of James D. Watson, Ph.D., co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA. The mapping of Dr. Watson's genome was completed using the Genome Sequencer FLXÃ¢â€žÂ¢ system and marks the first individual genome to be sequenced for less than $1 million.

LSU professor involved in genome sequencing of first marsupial

harminka — Thu, 10 May 2007 07:14:12 -0500

Since the launch of the Human Genome Project, which released a first draft of the entire sequence of human DNA in 2001, many researchers have dedicated themselves to creating a library of comprehensive, species-specific genetic sequence "maps" available for study.