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ATTENTION ...... Metro, Health, Environmental, Broadcast Editors: University to collaborate with Harvard on microbe research The University of South Carolina’s Environmental Genomics Core Facility (EnGenCore) is collaborating with Harvard University to evaluate the merits of using a rapid method of DNA sequencing for environmental microbiological research. The process, known as 454 pyrosequencing technology, could be a major step for researchers in cataloguing the vast genomic diversity of microbial life, a quest of monumental significance because microbes influence every aspect of the planet’s natural history -- from rock formation to remediation of contamination caused by humans. Dr. Joe Jones, director of the EnGenCore Facility, is available by appointment Wednesday, June 18, and Thursday, June 19, to discuss the collaboration and the university’s role in the research. The facility is located in the Arnold School’s Public Health Research Center on Assembly Street.
For information and to arrange coverage, call Karen Petit at 803-777-5400.
ATTENTION ...... Metro, Environmental and Broadcast Editors: Civil-engineering research on levees relevant to Midwest floods Cities along the Mississippi River are bracing for the worst as flood waters threaten to destroy levees. On Tuesday, authorities closed a major bridge between Iowa and Illinois as levees were being topped with sandbags to hold back the rising waters. Dr. Hanif Chaudhry, a professor of civil engineering at the University of South Carolina, has a grant of more than $2 million from the National Science Foundation to study levee breaches and dam failure. The research stems from studies that Chaudhry has conducted after the levee breeches that flooded New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
To arrange interviews, call Karen Petit at 803-777-5400.
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