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January 2009

State-of-the-art supercomputer, Professor Matthew Bellgard

Murdoch University's new half a million dollar supercomputer housed in the Centre for Comparative Genomics is revolutionising the way WA's scientific community conduct their research read on...


03-10-2008

Harvesting wheat's tough genetic code, Professor Rudi Appels

AUSTRALIAN scientists have taken the first big step towards unraveling the genetic code of wheat. The feat -- previously considered too tough to tackle -- promises new varieties of a plant that feeds read on...

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03-07-2008

Health sciences meet the information highway, Professor Matthew Bellgard

A NEW high-performance computer, several staff appointments including programmers, data analysts and a research fellow and 37 projects it is either leading or collaborating read on...


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Latest News

  • CCG's Ensembl mirror has been updated to the latest release (Release 54) and the CCG Ensembl mirror is now accessible outside Murdoch University via the Ensembl api. more...
  • CCG's Director, Professor Matthew Bellgard, to present at iVEC eResearch Forum 2009 on Thursday 12 February 2009 more...
  • CCG's Professor Alan Bittles to present at the National Academy of Sciences 9th Annual Sackler Lecture 'Evolution in Health and Medicine, 2-3 April 2009, Washington, D.C. more...
  • The iVEC Informatics Facility located within the CCG has completed commissioning the new High Performance Computing SGI Altix XE1300 Cluster System. more...

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Selected latest Publications

  • Genome sequence of the pathogenic intestinal spirochete Brachyspira hyodysenteriae reveals adaptations to its lifestyle in the porcine large intestine more...
  • Allelic variants of phytoene synthase 1 (Psy1) genes in Chinese and CIMMYT wheat cultivars and development of functional markers for flour colour more...
  • Diversity of genome research at the 2009 Plant and Animal Genome Conference more...
  • Identification of genes associated with prophage-like gene transfer agents in the pathogenic intestinal spirochaetes Brachyspira hyodysenteriae, more...
  • Water deficits in wheat: fructan exohydrolase (1-FEH) mRNA expression and relationship to soluble carbohydrate concentrations in two varieties more...
  • Classification of Information about Proteins
  • Genetic Clinics in Arab Communities: Meeting Individual, Family and Community Needs more...

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