Virginia Tech, TIGR sign memorandum for new alliance

Virginia Tech President Charles Steger announced to the university's board of visitors today that the university and The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) of Rockville, Md., have signed a memorandum of understanding. The new alliance will enrich the university's basic research capacity in the life sciences and enhance TIGR's computational and experimental capacity, according to Steger and TIGR President and Director Claire M. Fraser.