Work of COMB Scientists Featured on BioMedCentral
Evolutionary Biology

Baltimore, MD- UMBI's Center of Marine Biotechnology scientist's Bhavesh Joshi, Dennis Maeder, Kibwe Lee, and Rosemary Jagus have been featured on the BioMed Central Evolutionary Biology web site. Their research article entitled "Phylogenetic Analysis of eIF4E-family members" has been listed in the top 10 research highlights for the past 30 days only after 7 days after its release. To learn more about the article click HERE.

BioMed Central (BMC) Evolutionary Biology is an online journal publishing research articles after full peer review. All articles are published, without barriers to access, immediately upon acceptance. BMC Evolutionary Biology is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of molecular and non-molecular evolution of all organisms, as well as phylogenetics and palaeontology.

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Celebrating our 20th anniversary year, UMBI is Maryland's premier biotechnology research institute within the University System of Maryland and was established in 1985. The University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute (UMBI) consists of five major research and education centers and is dedicated to advancing the frontiers of biotechnology. UMBI’s centers of research include: CARB, the Center for Advanced Research in Biotechnology located in Rockville; CBR, the Center for Biosystems Research located in College Park; and COMB, the Center of Marine Biotechnology, MBC, the Medical Biotechnology Center, and IHV, the Institute of Human Virology, all located in Baltimore. For more information, visit www.umbi.umd.edu