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Researchers clear the path for ‘designer’ plants

A team of researchers at the University of Georgia has found a way to identify gene regulatory elements that could help produce “designer” plants and lead to improvements in food crops at a critical time. They published their findings in two separate papers in Nature Plants.

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Sharing the Knowledge: NIH Award Supports Expanded Genomics Data Resource

A team led by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Georgia provides thousands of researchers around the world with access to the Eukaryotic Pathogen Genomics Database (EuPathDB.org) and a parallel team led by investigators at the University of Notre

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UGA Researchers show evidence of cellular clocks in cells

A  team led by Department of Genetics Professor Jonathan Arnold provides evidence for the first time that individual cells have clocks.

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Genetics Major Olivia Anderson named to the 2018-19 SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Olivia Anderson, a sophmore Genetics Major, is one of the University of Georgia Student-Athletes who were named to the 2018-19 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Academic Honor Roll.  

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UGA scientists create world's first gene-edited lizards

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