http://www.genomeweb.com/articles/view-article.asp?Article=200252111239 -------------------------------------------------------------------- South Australia Gets $32 Million For Plant Genome Research By a GenomeWeb staff reporter -------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YORK, May 21-The University of Adelaide will build a $32 million center for research into plant genomics, the Australian science and education minister said on May 10. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The new National Center for Plant Functional Genomics, projected to employ about 100 researchers, will focus on agricultural bioscience projects, primarily improving wheat and barley. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Australia's Research Council and its Grains Research and Development Corporation, two governmental research support agencies, will fund the center at $20 million over the next five years. The state government of South Australia has pledged to chip in another $12 million. -------------------------------------------------------------------- This new functional genomics center will be located at the university's Waite campus, which focuses on agricultural, horticultural and viticultural research. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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