The CGB began by establishing strong research programs in areas that were simultaneously foci of traditional strength at IUB and underdeveloped (with respect to genomics and bioinformatics) nationally and internationally. We began our research efforts with Drosophila, a traditional area of strength at IUB, forming the Drosophila Genomics Resource Center. In 2007, we helped establish a group to catalog gene expression patterns in Drosophila under the umbrella of the NIH/NHGRI modENCODE program. When Drs. Lynch and Colbourne located in Bloomington, we became convinced about the utility of Daphnia as a model organism in a variety of contexts. The CGB is now home to the international Daphnia Genomics Consortium and has hosted its meetings. Moreover, CGB scientists, directed by Colbourne, lead the projects for sequencing the genomes of both Daphnia pulex and now Daphnia magna. With these efforts underway successfully, the CGB has since developed an international reputation as a center for the study of arthropod genomics.

But our research efforts are quite broad, extending beyond insects, into the plant kingdom and, lately, into the microbial world. We continue a long-term collaboration with Prof. Loren Rieseberg on the ecological and environmental genomics of sunflowers. More recently, by using the CGB's resources and expertise, IUB's microbiologists hope to change the rules for doing microbiology on many medically and environmentally important, but difficult-to-study, organisms. These highlights do not do justice to the range of collaborative projects that currently include 30-40 faculty. These pages highlight in more detail the collaborative projects in which the CGB is involved.

Microbial Genome Sequencing and Post-Analysis	cDNA sequencing and analysis

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