LI-COR(R) Biosciences announces an enhanced matching funds program to support undergraduate hands-on education in genomics. $1.75 million in matching funds is available with LI-COR providing 60% of the funding to each qualifying institution in the United States and Puerto Rico. The Genomics Education Matching Funds (GEMF) program now features a streamlined application process to help colleges acquire LI-COR DNA analysis systems for use by undergraduate students studying molecular biology and related fields.

“Students who have the hands-on experience using the LI-COR system have a distinct advantage when they seek jobs and admission to post-graduate programs,” says Jackie Potts, LI-COR GEMF coordinator. “GEMF-partner schools tell us that integrating the 4300 into their curriculum provides a competitive advantage for students and their department, noting that work on the analyzer allows students to be knowledge producers not just knowledge consumers.”

More than 200 undergraduate programs are currently benefiting from the GEMF program.

LI-COR DNA analysis systems are used in academic labs worldwide for a variety of research applications including sequencing, microsatellite analysis, AFLP(R), and SNP discovery and reverse genetics research using TILLING and Eco-TILLING.