Medicago Genome Initiative
Media advisory
issued October 25, 2001, effective immediately.
For media inquiries, contact Caroline Booth Lara, Communications Specialist, (580)
224-6379.
email: cblara@noble.org
News Release Text:
Noble
Foundation Announces the Initiation of the World's First Complete Legume Genome Sequencing Project
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Michael Cawley, President, Samuel Roberts
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Dr. Rick Dixon, Plant Biology Division
Director, Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation Download: jpeg (494 k) tiff (4.5 MB) |
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Dr. Maria Harrison, Scientist, Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation Download: jpeg (524 k) tiff (4.5 MB) |
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Dr. Greg May, Associate Scientist, Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation Download: jpeg (570 k) tiff (4.5 MB) |
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Dr. Bruce Roe, University of Oklahoma Download: jpeg (567 k) tiff (6 MB) |
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Medicago truncatula Download: jpeg (1 MB) tiff (6 MB) |
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Medicago truncatula Download: jpeg (370 k) tiff (5.4 MB) |
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Medicago truncatula Download: jpeg (676 k) tiff (7.2 MB) |
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Medicago truncatula Download: jpeg (472 k) tiff (7.1 MB) |
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Medicago truncatula Download: jpeg (875 k) tiff (5.2 MB) |
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Michael Cawley, Noble Foundation President,
and David Boren, President of the University of Oklahoma, discuss the Medicago Genome Initiative,
a cooperative effort between the Foundation and the University. Download: jpeg (1.8 MB) tiff (9 MB) |
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Dr. Ingo Potrykus, inventor of vitamin
A-enriched Golden Rice, speaks about the significance of the Medicago Genome Initiative
for global food security. Download: jpeg (993 k) tiff (7.6 MB) |
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Dr. Rick Dixon, Director of the Noble
Foundation Plant Biology Division, outlines the goals of the Medicago Genome Initiative. Download: jpeg (1.2 MB) tiff (8 MB) |
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Dr. Bruce Roe, University of Oklahoma
researcher, speaks about the University's participation in the Medicago sequencing project. Download: jpeg (860 k) tiff (6.4 MB) |
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Dr. Greg May, Noble Foundation researcher,
explains the Foundation's role in the Medicago Genome Initiative. Download: jpeg (894 k) tiff (8 MB) |
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