TIGM and TxGen presented at the 3rd Annual Advances in Oncology

October 12, 2012: TIGM and TxGen presented at the 3rd Annual Advances in Oncology: From Clinical Science to Clinical Practice in Houston, Texas. A Gene Trap Resource to Characterize Cancer-related lncRNAs in C57BL/6 ES Cells & Mice  Summary: Over 1,000 inactivated ncRNAs, including a number of lncRNAs were identified in the TIGM clone collection. One Read more about TIGM and TxGen presented at the 3rd Annual Advances in Oncology[…]

AgriLife Agencies Now Include “A&M” in Names

September 3, 2012– AgriLife Agencies Now Include “A&M” in Names.   Effective today, the agencies of the Texas A&M University System formally add “A&M” into their names. This effort, approved by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents, aligns the names of System entities across Texas. This unified branding allows us to capitalize on our close Read more about AgriLife Agencies Now Include “A&M” in Names[…]

Genomeweb: Texas AgriLife Research Purchases HiSeq 2500 to Support Crop Breeding and other Programs

June 26,2012 – Genomeweb: Texas AgriLife Research Purchases HiSeq 2500 to Support Crop Breeding and other Programs By Julia Karow To enhance its crop breeding and other research programs, Texas AgriLife Research, an agricultural and life sciences research agency that is part of the Texas A&M University System, recently installed an Illumina’s HiSeq…

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

June 13, 2012– AgriLife Today– Texas 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 Read more about AgriLife Today – Texas A&M University System to benefit from AgriLife Genomics and Bioinformatics Service[…]

Texas AgriLife Research and Bayer CropScience join forces to advance wheat research

February 20, 2012 Texas AgriLife Research and Bayer CropScience join forces to advance wheat research  COLLEGE STATION – Being able to pinpoint molecular mechanisms within a wheat plant to help researchers select for drought tolerance and quality might be the most important aspect of a new Texas AgriLife Research and Bayer CropScience agreement, officials say. Read more about Texas AgriLife Research and Bayer CropScience join forces to advance wheat research[…]

Science Daily-How the Quarter Horse Won the Rodeo

February 17, 2012– Science Daily–How the Quarter Horse Won the Rodeo Science Daily (Feb. 17, 2012) — “… New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Genomics used ‘next-generation’ sequencing to map variation in the genome of a Quarter Horse mare. Analysis of genetic variants associated with specific traits showed that compared to Read more about Science Daily-How the Quarter Horse Won the Rodeo[…]