amethyst73 | New organism!

I got handed some new library assignments earlier today. My supervisor is kind enough to note at the top of the list what organism(s) the libraries will be made of, and I like to keep track.

New species: Brachypodium (Brachypodium distachyon, if you're being really proper about it). The Department of Energy has a 'Why sequence this?' page here. Turns out it's a good model organism for stuff like barley and switchgrass. Switchgrass is particularly interesting because it's come up recently as a good target for ethanol production (to replace the not-terribly-efficient-but-politically-strong-ethanol-crop, corn). As usual, I won't see any of the data I generate, unless I specifically go looking for it, but it's nice to know what sort of thing will be done with the data by other people. :)

Happy Friday, everyone!