What does FUGE stand for?

Stewart, director of the ARS Conservation and Production Research Laboratory in Bushland, Texas); and enhancing human and bovine health by focusing on safeguards to dairy cattle and milk (Max Paape, a researcher with the ARS Bovine Functional Genomics Laboratory in Beltsville, Md.

The work has been led by researchers from the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and the University of Adelaide's School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, in collaboration with scientists from the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Cambridge, UK.

439 QH440 Fifty-nine international researchers from academic, industrial, federal, and private research institutions contribute 27 chapters to a text offering fellow researchers the most current information on functional genomics and the characterization of genes and gene products.

The Orlando site will focus on expanding Burnham's research in chemistry, pharmacology and functional genomics.

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A group of links to institutes and core facilities conducting functional genomics work is also provided.

The journal is targeted to physicians, scientists, payers, employers and policy-makers and also carries information on such topics as Human Genome Project discoveries and functional genomics to disease, the use of public databases and computational methods, analysis of biotech products, clinical and financial outcomes of integrating biotech therapies into benefit packages, and case studies on converting biological data into applications for improved patient care and ongoing therapeutic development.

Introduction of the IGENITY testing service marks our entry into the exciting new field of functional genomics," says Steve Rochester, head of Merial's Ruminant Animal Global Enterprise.