Genome to Life grants awarded
US Department of Energy gives $103 million for study of microbial systems biology and bugs that could help environment.
Jul 29, 2002
WASHINGTON, DC — In the hope of building better microbes for use in environmental cleanup and efficient energy production, the US Department of Energy (DOE) recently awarded $103 million in multi-year grants to five US institutions for the study of gene networks and microbial biological systems. The grants, part of the 10-year Genome to Life Project, were announced 23 July.
"This is the first major step to doing systems biology," David Thomassen, program coordinator for biological and environmental research at the DOE, told
"The rationale," Thomassen said, "is that if we can understand whole systems rather than just pieces of systems, we can develop much more powerful strategies for using those biological...