Collins, King Announce $118,838 In Funding For Jackson Laboratory Genetics Course

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King today announced that the National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded $118,838 to support Jackson Laboratory’s Short Course on Systems Genetics. Held in the fall, the week-long course is designed to accommodate scientists with a wide variety of backgrounds seeking to expand their knowledge of genetics.

“The research done at Jackson Laboratory broadens our understanding of complex genetic systems,” said Senators Collins and King in a joint statement. “This education grant will further support the lab’s innovative genetics course, encouraging scientific dialogue and furthering critical advancements in health studies.”

The course will host biologists and quantitative scientists interested in sharing their expertise across research fields. Covered topics will include advances in mouse genetics, genetic mapping, network analyses, and computational modeling of complex genetic systems. The course will be held from September 27 to October 3, 2015.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences is one of the 27 institutes that combine to form the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH is an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).