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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Are you interested in applying next-generation sequencing (NGS) or long-read sequencing techniques in your favorite research projects? The mini-grant opportunities from Element Biosciences
and PacBio may help you explore pilot projects.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">To support the success of the IIGB community, we’re happy to offer free consultations regarding the applications using NGS and long-read sequencing techniques and platforms.
<i>Please note that the Genomics Core is not involved in providing the above mini-grants, nor do we receive incentives from these vendors</i>. Please get in touch with Element Biosciences and PacBio regarding the rules for proposal submission at each of the
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2024 AVITI™ Agrigenomics Grant: <a href="https://www.elementbiosciences.com/apply-for-the-aviti-for-agrigenomics-grant" target="_blank">https://www.elementbiosciences.com/apply-for-the-aviti-for-agrigenomics-grant</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#DCA10D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">2024 PACBIO SMRT GRANT: HUMAN RNA: <a href="https://www.pacb.com/engage/smrt-grant/" target="_blank">https://www.pacb.com/engage/smrt-grant/</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#DCA10D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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