Human Genome News Vol 9(3): July 1998

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Vol.9, No.3 July 1998

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1997 Santa Fe Highlights

Patrinos Address
Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Comes of Age
JGI Sequencing
JGI Informatics
JGI and Bermuda Quality Sequence
Grants Awarded for JGI Collaboration
JGI Sequencing Clones
Sequencing Strategies,Tools
Gene-Discovery Resources
Sequencing at NIH NHGRI
Functional Genomics
Data Surge Challenges Informaticists
Genome Annotation: Informatics Advances Needed for Age of Functional Genomics
ELSI: Rapid Progress Accelerates Societal Impact of Genome Research
1999 DOE HGP Meeting Set for California

Human Genome Project Administration

In the News

Private-Sector Sequencing Plan
Bang for the Buck: Government-Backed Research Underpins Potentially High Payoff Ventures
Palmisano Joins DOE OBER
DNA Files series to be on NPR
HUGO Addresses Sample Collection
Sickle Cell Mice May Lead to New Treatments
TIGR Sequencing 6 More Microbes
Tuberculosis Microbe Sequenced
C. Elegans Sequencing Nears Finish
HGMIS Website Restructured
cDNA Cloning Workshop Identifies Critical Issues
Survey Identifies Growing Need for Synchrotron Analyses
NCGR Announcements

Publications

Software and the Internet

Funding

Meeting Calendars & Acronyms

Genome and Biotechnology Meetings
Training Courses and Workshops
Acronyms

HGN archives and subscriptions
HGP Information home

NCGR Announcements

The National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) in Santa Fe, New Mexico (http://www.ncgr.org), made the following announcements in its July newsletter:

NCGR welcomes its new chief scientific officer, Michael M. Harpold, who most recently served as vice-president of research at SIBIA Neurosciences, Inc. Harpold will fulfill a critical role in NCGR's efforts to enhance its bioinformatics and computational biology initiatives related to Genome Sequence DataBase (GSDB) and Agricultural Genomics.
A 64-Processor Sun HPC 10000 server, popularly known as the Starfire, has been added to serve the center's databases and computing needs. The powerful Starfire is particularly well suited to NCGR because it can be partitioned into Dynamic System Domains, which are separate, smaller computers with the ability to allocate resources between them on the fly.
GSDB is adding the DeCypher ES-1920 server to provide users with access to Smith-Waterman and other powerful search algorithms. The new hardware will be beta tested and fully implemented before its public debut, expected in September.

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