Institute for Genomic Research

research institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States
Also known as: TIGR

Learn about this topic in these articles:

Rockville

  • Rockville
    In Rockville

    …Resources and Services Administration, the Institute for Genomic Research, and the Rockville campus of Montgomery College (1946). Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Inc. city, 1860. Pop. (2000) 47,388; Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick Metro Division, 1,068,618; (2010) 61,209; Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick Metro Division, 1,205,162.

    Read More

Venter

  • Venter, J. Craig
    In J. Craig Venter: TIGR and Celera Genomics

    …established a research arm, The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). At the institute a team headed by American microbiologist Claire Fraser, Venter’s first wife, sequenced the genome of the microorganism Mycoplasma genitalium.

    Read More