Jonathan Eisen was the PI on a project to sequence and analyze the macronuclear genome of the model ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. This project was supported by grants from NIH-NIGMS and NSF. It was a collaboration with Ed Orias, Eileen Hamilton and many others in the Tetrahymena community. Some links of relevance to this project:
Publications supported by these grants
- Macronuclear Genome Sequence of the Ciliate Tetrahymena … (Eisen et al. PLoS Biology 2006)
- Tetrahymena Genome Database (TGD): a new genomic resource for … Stover et al. NAR
- Refined annotation and assembly of the Tetrahymena thermophila genome sequence through EST analysis, comparative genomic hybridization, and targeted gap closure.
- Use of HAPPY mapping for the higher order assembly of the Tetrahymena genome.
Other links of relevance
- Welcome to TGD Wiki
- Tetrahymena Genome Project
- Tetrahymena – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- TGED
- Tackling a hairy beast (press release when grants were awarded)
- Jonathan Eisen blog post about genome project
- Ars Technica story on the genome:
- Slashdot discussion
- Structure and Strangeness Blog
- Open Source Pimp Blog
- mAd is an idiot blog
- Muton Blog
- Cognitive Labs
- Press release from TIGR
