Image: A team led by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Georgia provides thousands of researchers around the world with access to the Eukaryotic Pathogen Genomics Database (EuPathDB.org) and a parallel team led by investigators at the University of Notre Dame has been responsible for similar resources covering invertebrate vectors of human disease (VectorBase.org) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a new contract to integrate these resources, worth up to $7.2 million in 2019-2020. The five‐year award for this project, rebranded as VEuPathDB.org (The Eukaryotic Pathogen, Host & Vector Genomics Resource) could total as much as $38.4 million if all associated options are exercised. Key subcontracts of this award include the University of Georgia (Joint PI, Jessica C. Kissinger, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Bioinformatics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences and the Center for Tropical and Emerging Global Diseases) Click here for more information.
