Biomonitoring 2.0: A high-throughput genomics approach to comprehensive biological assessment of environmental change
Website: www.biomonitoring2.org
Functional Genomics of Arabidopsis
Summary
Canadians depend on agricultural plants for food, on trees for housing and paper products, and, increasingly, on distillation products from many plants for energy. In the current, competitive world, the ability of agriculture and forestry to maintain an international lead depends more and more on genetic improvements to important kinds of plants. But there are so many types of significant plants; how can we choose the best ones to study?
International Barcode of Life (iBOL)
Start date: July 1, 2009 This project will launch worldwide in 2010
Website: http://www.ibolproject.org/
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