Prairie Research Institute and Institute for Genomic Biology EarthBioGenome Workshop, July 21, 2021

The Earth BioGenome Project aims to sequence, catalog, and characterize the genomes of all of Earth’s eukaryotic biodiversity over a period of 10 years. With seed funding provided by the Illinois Innovation Network, the University of Illinois’ Prairie Research Institute (PRI) and Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) have completed a year-long pilot study to demonstrate the potential for Illinois to join a global network of communities engaged in genome sequencing and the conservation of biodiversity.

In this virtual workshop, PRI and IGB researchers presented findings from the pilot project.