Evolutionary Genomics of Sex

Infrastructure grant on PacBio machine for long reads sequencing is funded by VUB research council, congrat!

Our proposal “Advancing #genomicresearch in life sciences with highly accurate #longread #DNAsequencing” has been selected for Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB Research #VUB #OZR infrastructure funding: https://researchportal.vub.be/en/projects/advancing-genomic-research-in-life-sciences-with-highly-accurate-/

This support will help strengthen long-read DNA sequencing capacity for life sciences research across microbial, fungal, plant, animal, and human genetics/genomics, and will open new opportunities for collaborative research using highly accurate #PacBio sequencing.

Many congratulations and thanks to all promoters involved: Stefan Weckx, Toon Janssen. A special thank you to Stefan Weckx for leading the proposal writing and for his persistence in bringing this initiative forward after several previous attempts. Grateful to VUB Research Research Council/OZR for supporting this infrastructure investment.

Looking forward to the next steps and to the exciting science this will enable
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#pacbio #longreads #sequencing #NGS #genomicresearch #evolution #clinical #fundamental #collaborationiskey
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