Mark Warner: “The emerging field of bioinformatics uses information technology to analyze the billions of bits of data that create a…”

“The emerging field of bioinformatics uses information technology to analyze the billions of bits of data that create a human or plant genome. The research efforts at Virginia Tech will complement and support efforts by the Department to develop new bioinformatic tools, biological data bases, and other information management tools, which hold the promise of reinvigorating our rural communities through high-technology jobs in agri-biotechnology. This amendment provides $500,000 to support Virginia Polytechnic Institute's (VPI) Bioinformatics initiative.”