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Rensselaer Inducts Dr. Fraser-Liggett Into Alumni Hall of Fame

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has inducted Dr. Fraser-Liggett into the Rensselaer Alumni Hall of Fame during a first-ever public induction ceremony... Read full article: Rensselaer Inducts Dr. Fraser-Liggett Into Alumni Hall of Fame

IGS Cracks Genome Code of Deadly German E. Coli Outbreak

In May of 2011 a large outbreak of E. coli, that was later demonstrated to be associated with food products, was rapidly expanding across Europe. Greater than 300 people were sickened, over 900 were hospitalized for the syndrome known as hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and 34 people were fatally infected. An international group of scientists from the United States and Denmark worked together to use third-generation single-molecule real-time DNA sequencing to determine the complete genome sequence of the German outbreak. Read full article: IGS Cracks Genome Code of Deadly German E. Coli Outbreak

Bioinformatics video

Dr. Owen White gives an introduction to bioinformatics Read full article: Bioinformatics video

Whole Genome Sequence Data for German E. Coli Outbreak Strain

An international team of experts on E. coli collaborated on the rapid sequencing project... Download PDF: Whole Genome Sequence Data for German E. Coli Outbreak Strain

ASTDA Announce Award Winners to be Presented at Annual Meeting

The American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA), an organization devoted to the control and study of sexually transmitted diseases, will present the 2011 winners of the ASTDA Recognition Awards... Download PDF: ASTDA Announce Award Winners to be Presented at Annual Meeting

Genomic comparison of multi-drug resistant, invasive Acinetobacter reveals genomic plasticity

An IGS and UMSOM team investigated... Download PDF: Genomic comparison of multi-drug resistant, invasive Acinetobacter reveals genomic plasticity

Human Microbiome Project Data Available to Research Community

The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) is now releasing reads and assembled sequences from healthy human subjects for use by the scientific community... Download PDF: Human Microbiome Project Data Available to Research Community

IGS and OpGen Announce Partnership to Develop Microbial Sequence Database

IGS and OpGen, Inc. will collaborate to develop a database of annotated microbial sequences. IGS will provide clinically characterized microbial samples and sequencing data from microbial genomics studies... Download PDF: IGS and OpGen Announce Partnership to Develop Microbial Sequence Database

11th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting in UK

The registration deadline is now approaching for the 11th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC11)... Download PDF: 11th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting in UK

Expert in Fungal Pathogenesis Joins IGS

Dr. Vincent Bruno's research focus is Candida albicans... Download PDF: Expert in Fungal Pathogenesis Joins IGS