NewsBlog: Metagenomics probes a gutless wonder Posted by Jeff Perkel [Entry posted at 25th September 2006 10:33 PM GMT] The last week has seen the appearance of two interesting reports on the use of metagenomics to probe the biology of microbial communities ? reports that demonstrate the emerging power of this technique to untangle metabolic mysteries in organisms that cannot be grown in the lab. The first, published Sept. 17 in Nature, involves the annelid worm,... Click to continue Comment on this blog NewsBlog: MAQC Unveils Microarray Magnum Opus Posted by Jeff Perkel [Entry posted at 12th September 2006 12:11 AM GMT] The microarray research community and industry got a big boost last week with the release by the Microarray Quality Control (MAQC) Project Consortium, of a massive collection of data attesting to the reproducibility and reliability of microarray-based gene-expression profiling. Attempting to lay to rest, once and for all, the question of ... Click to continue View comment (1) | Comment on this blog

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