AgriLife Today – Texas A&M University System to benefit from AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service

June 13, 2012 AgriLife TodayTexas A&M University System to benefit from AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service: Writer: Kay Ledbetter, 806-677-5608, skledbetter@ag.tamu.edu.  COLLEGE STATION – Discoveries unfathomable only a few years ago are reality today at the Texas AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service with the acquisition of next-generation sequencing technology on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, said the director of the service.Dr. Charlie Johnson, director of the Texas AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service, shows off the new the Illumina HiSeq 2500 next-generation sequencing system on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station. (Texas AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips)“As we move into the genome-sequencing era, we are entering a truly amazing period in history,” said Dr. Charles Johnson, director of the service. “Our mission is to facilitate scientific discoveries by guiding and empowering scientists across the Texas A&M University System over an increasingly complex and technologically advanced terrain.”  The story was also published in  June 14 addition of Southwest Farming Press