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Archon X Prize for Genomics

Submitted by Zinger on May 21, 2007 - 10:39.genetics | genomics | Participate | xprize

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The Archon X PRIZE for Genomics challenges scientists and engineers to create better, cheaper and faster ways to sequence genomes. A $10 million prize
for the first team to successfully sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days.

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