Private Support Helps Public Plant Research
August 6, 2010| |
The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR), one of the most widely-used public biological databases in the world, and an initiative from the Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology in Stanford, California has been providing high quality data to researchers and improving the accuracy and completeness of the Arabidopsis genome annotation. Accordng to a news release, the database "provides access to data on genes, clones, markers, mutant genes, proteins, publication protocols, DNA and seed stock information and more, and receives over 20 million page views annually from around the world." TAIR also provides researchable materials on the genes and basic biological processes with other species of plants and animals including humans.
The database has been supported by the public and private sector, and two new supporters, Dow Agro Sciences and Syngenta (both private) and the Gregor Mendel Institute, a public research institute affiliated with the Austrian Academy of Sciences have signified their monetary support.
On the contributions, Eva Huala, principal investigator and director of TAIR said that, "These contributions will have a significant impact on our ability to maintain the high quality datasets researchers depend on. Diversifying our sources of funding will make it easier to sustain TAIR over the long term. We're very pleased that there is interest in corporate sponsorship from the private sector and we hope to see more in the coming months."
See the original news at http://www.physorg.com/news200138975.html
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