Western honey bee Photo: Pixabay
Western honey bee Photo: Pixabay 2021 Agricultural Greater Good Grant awarded to Göttingen University molecular biologist The international Illumina Agricultural Greater Good Grant recognizes research proposals that will increase the sustainability, productivity, and nutritional density of agriculturally important crop and livestock species. Professor Bertram Brenig, from the University of Goettingen, Institute of Veterinary Medicine is the 2021 winner for his research proposal about the Western Honey Bee. Despite being one of the most important pollinators, honey bees currently face multiple challenges and population decline. This research project will use genomics to help understand vulnerabilities impacting the Western Honey Bee. DNA is the "blue-print" or instructions for every living cell and is composed of two strands twisted into a double helix. Molecules from each strand are paired up in "base pairs": the fundamental building blocks of the DNA code. This prize provides Illumina products and services to enable the winner to analyse about 20 trillion (2 x 1013) base pairs to support their research projects.
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