They could have been contenders

From: The Scientist | Date: June 2, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Sequence what's in the Sargasso Sea? Hah! We can handle the Pacific Ocean, no problem...

In April, the Department of Energy announced that it will give a $9 million (US) grant to a private, nonprofit institute in Maryland to decode the genome of every organism found in the Sargasso Sea, a body of water covering two million square miles in the North Atlantic. Covered by algae, encased by numerous currents that keep it relatively immobile, the Sargasso is essentially a sea unto itself.

It's a good thing that the DOE is awarding this project. As proteomics and systems biology nudge genomics out ...

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