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Oxford Nanopore Sequencers to support rapid, near-sample Coronavirus sequencing for outbreak surveillance
Oxford Nanopore has shipped an additional 200 MinION sequencers and related consumables to Chinato support the ongoing surveillance of the current coronavirus outbreak.
The Netherlands NWO,DBT release call for funding of joint research projects on Climate Smart Agriculture
Consortia of research institutes and other organisations (both public and private) in the Netherlands and in India can apply for funding of joint research projects that focus on Climate Smart Agriculture.
NCCS scientists discover new microorganism, name it after DBT Secretary Dr Renu Swarup
New Delhi: NCCS Scientists have named a newly discovered single-cell organism that can survive in extreme environments after Dr Renu Swarup, secretary in the central government’s Department of Biotechnology.
WHO declares the new coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
The Director-General declared that the outbreak of 2019-nCoV constitutes a PHEIC and accepted the Committee’s advice and issued this advice as Temporary Recommendations under the IHR.
