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WKU Students to Conduct Genomics Research

A couple of Western Kentucky University professors have received an award to help students conducting genomics research.

The university says the students will isolate and characterize unique viruses from the environment and annotate the DNA sequence of their genomes. The work is designed to get new undergraduates involved in scientific research.

The professors, Rodney King and Claire Rinehart of the university's Biology Department, received $10,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support the work.

In the yearlong research experience, students will contribute new information to the scientific community with newly annotated viral genomes that are published in Genbank, the national DNA sequence database.

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