Arlington, Texas. — 22 February 2007 — ssistant Professor of Biology and member of the Genome Biology Group Dr. Cedric Feschotte has been awarded a research grant by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institute of Health (NIH) The title of the project is: "Human DNA transposons: evolutionary history and genomic impact" and the total amount of this five-year award is $811,000. Feschotte is the principal investigator.
"For information on the Genome Biology Group, visit http://www.uta.edu/publications/researchmagazine/2006/index.php?id=37.
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