GenomeWeb LLC is an online news organization based in

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. Established in 1997, it aims to report scientific and business news related to

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History

GenomeWeb LLC was founded in 1997 by publishing entrepreneur Dennis Waters. It initially published only two

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s: ''BioInform'' and ''Agricultural Genomics''. Soon afterward, the company launched several more newsletters, as well as a

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and a set of

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s on their website. By 2011, the company published eight newsletters, a news website, and the print magazine ''Genome Technology''. In September 2019, it was acquired by

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