Dr. Caren Helbing - Genome BC SOF
Dr. Caren Helbing and Dr. Inanc Birol (Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre) have been funded by Genome BC's Strategic Opportunities Fund (SOF) program for their project: A leap in technology: Frog reference genome assembly and annotation. Amphibians are sentinel species of environmental health. The research goals of this project are to identify the genome and transcriptome of the bullfrog. This could subsequently be used to develop genomic tools to assist in early detection of changes in sensitive habitats. For details, please see the announcement on the Genome BC website.