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  • Greengenes 12_10 is now available
    Tuesday, 16 October, 2012 - 17:26

    The Greengenes database has been expanded (408K to >1M sequences), reconfigured in an all new look and is now managed under the auspices of The Greengenes Database Consortium of which ACE@UQ is a founding member.

  • Getting the lay of the under-land*
    Thursday, 2 August, 2012 - 11:24

    Human microbiome, move aside, time to let the plant microbiome get some of the limelight. Two papers out in Nature this week (ACE participated in one) on the microbiome of the lab rat of the plant world - Arabidopsis - and they got the cover to show they mean business.

  • Funding Success!
    Monday, 14 November, 2011 - 09:54

    We are pleased to announce that a number of ACE researchers have obtained funding from the Australian Research Council and The University of Queensland.

    Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Dr Florent Angly: Microbial buffering: protecting the Great Barrier Reef against anthropogenic impacts

    UQ Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

  • Dr Gene Tyson: Finalist in Eureka Award - Emerging Leader in Science!
    Monday, 5 September, 2011 - 17:02

    September 2011: We're very proud to announce that Gene has been selected as a finalist in this year's Eureka Awards in the category of Emerging Leader in Science.

  • At last.. we move into the ACE space
    Tuesday, 7 June, 2011 - 21:43
    June 2011: After months of planning and weeks of worrying about the colour scheme, the new ACE labs are open for business! Conveniently located on level 5 of the Molecular Biosciences Building at UQ, it is sure to become a focal point for all things ecogenomic.

  • ACE featured in the Australian Life Scientist
    Monday, 21 March, 2011 - 23:25

    A nice article about ACE in the Australian Life Scientist by Tim Dean (in three parts no less!).

  • Twilight rACE: the few, the proud, the SmartACEs
    Monday, 21 March, 2011 - 21:00

    ACE staff members ran in the Twilight Running Festival 10K race Sunday March 20. Contrary to what the race name might imply, no sparkly vampires were sighted, but Gene, Florent and Dana (trailing in the wake of Andrew Cook) were said to have kicked ACE! Or at least to have finished.

  • Dana Willner is one smartACE
    Wednesday, 9 February, 2011 - 15:52

    ACE postdoc, Dana Willner, has been awarded one of only six US to Australia Fellowships. This funding will help her pursue her research into lung microbiomes and their roles in disease states.

  • 454 Pyrosequencer Arrives
    Monday, 6 December, 2010 - 17:09

    The GS FLX titanium pyrosequencer has arrived at ACE and will be temporarily housed in AWMC. The training run will be held in Jan 2011.

  • Welcome to our web sp-ACE
    Monday, 6 December, 2010 - 13:04

    Welcome to the new web page for the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics. We hope to have all services up and running soon. In the meantime, please look around!