In this issue... 

1997 Santa Fe Highlights 
Patrinos Address 
Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Comes of Age 
JGI Sequencing 
JGI Informatics 
JGI and Bermuda Quality Sequence 
Grants Awarded for JGI Collaboration 
JGI Sequencing Clones 
Sequencing Strategies,Tools 
Gene-Discovery Resources 
Sequencing at NIH NHGRI 
Functional Genomics 
Data Surge Challenges Informaticists 
Genome Annotation: Informatics Advances Needed for Age of Functional Genomics 
ELSI: Rapid Progress Accelerates Societal Impact of Genome Research 
1999 DOE HGP Meeting Set for California 

Human Genome Project Administration 
New 5-Year Goals, Project Midpoint 
DOE, NIH Discuss Informatics 
JASON Group Review 
BER Genome Instrumentation Research 

In the News 
Private-Sector Sequencing Plan 
Bang for the Buck: Government-Backed Research Underpins Potentially High Payoff Ventures 
Palmisano Joins DOE OBER 
DNA Files series to be on NPR 
HUGO Addresses Sample Collection 
Sickle Cell Mice May Lead to New Treatments 
TIGR Sequencing 6 More Microbes 
Tuberculosis Microbe Sequenced 
C. Elegans Sequencing Nears Finish 
HGMIS Website Restructured 
cDNA Cloning Workshop Identifies Critical Issues 
Survey Identifies Growing Need for Synchrotron Analyses 
NCGR Announcements 

Publications 
Report on Functional Consequences of Gene Expression 
Book on Tuskegee Conference 
Book Focuses on Biomarker Implications, Conference Proceedings 
Genome Analysis Protocol Handbook 

Software and the Internet 
Mouse Genome Informatics Release 2.0 
New System Identifies Polymorphisms 
DOE Supports Web Site for 1997 AAAS Genome Symposium 
Expressed Human Genome Database 

Funding 
DOE ELSI 
NIH NHGRI 
NHGRI Initiates Mailing List 
U.S. Genome Research Funding 

Meeting Calendars & Acronyms 
Genome and Biotechnology Meetings 
Training Courses and Workshops 
Acronyms 

HGN archives and subscriptions   
HGP Information home 

Palmisano Joins DOE OBER

On July 20 Anna Palmisano, a microbiologist and microbial ecologist, joined the Environmental Sciences Division of the DOE Office of Biological and Environmental Research. In her new position, Palmisano will continue her program management activities for the Natural and Accelerated Bioremediation Research program, the Microbial Genome Program, and such biological aspects of ocean sciences as the Biotechnological Investigations Ocean Margins Program. She worked on these projects for 9 months in 1997 as a detailee from the Office of Naval Research (ONR), where she served as a program officer in environmental biology for 6 years. Before joining ONR, she conducted research on biodegradation in freshwater streams, soils, and landfills for the Environmental Science Department of Procter & Gamble company.

Palmisano received her B.S. in microbiology from the University of Maryland and M.S. and Ph.D. in biology from the University of Southern California, where she studied the physiological adaptation of microorganisms in Antarctica. She was a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow in planetary biology at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center, investigating the biogeochemistry of mat-like structures formed by microbes.

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