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Scientists Begin Genomic Encyclopedia of Microbes

Earth is estimated to have about 150 million species of microbes in, on, around and under its surface. The genomes of only about 2,000 have been and are being decoded. A vast unknown realm awaits investigation.

To cast light on this invisible and largely unknown world, the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute has initiated a "genomic encyclopedia" to begin piecing together the tree of life within this vast terrain.

In the Dec. 24 issue of the journal Nature, scientists with the multi-institutional government-led institute, including University of Virginia biologist Martin Wu, published an analysis of the first 56 microbes sequenced thus far in the fledgling genomic encyclopedia. read more>>
   
Martin Wu, Assistant Professor of Biology
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  Graduate student Melissa Aikens wins a scholarship from the Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS). This award is given to oustanding stuents pursuing degrees in certain fields of natural scienec, medicine, and engineering. Congratulations!  
  10 out of 37 recipients of this year's Harrison Undergraduate Research Awards were Biology Majors! Visit the UVA Today website for more information about undergraduate awardees and their research topics >>  
  Professors Doug Taylor, Butch Brodie and graduate student Peter Fields collaborate with a broad network of researchers in their new publication, "Multilevel and kin selection in a connected world." To read this paper in the latest issue of Nature, click here>>  
  Assistant Professor Christopher Deppmann has been selected as an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. Dr. Deppmann's fellowship is accompanied by a two-year $50,000.00 grant. Congratulations!  
  The Biology Department releases its new webpage for the Genome Sequencing Core. Visit the "Facilties" page on our navigation bar, or click here>> to visit the site directly.  
   
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  Mar 09-13: W.M. Keck Center for Cellular Imaging: "The 2010 Workshop on FRET Microscopy" Department of Biology, University of Virginia  
     
       
  Fri, Mar 19: Seminar: "Ecological and Evolutionary Limits to Geographic Range Expansion" Monica Geber, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University (Host: GSPA) Refreshments served at 11:45am  
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