The New York Times reports on research by UB and collaborators that revealed the sequencing of the caffeine genome

The New York Times, NBC News, Scientific American, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Nature, Christian Science Monitor, Smithsonian, Reuters, Associated Press, the San Francisco Chronicle, Salon, Economic Times, LiveScience, Popular Mechanics, Futurity, Huffington Post, BBC, Agence France Presse and hundreds of other media outlets worldwide reported on research by UB biological sciences professor Victor Albert and collaborators that produced the sequencing of the genome of the coffee plant.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/science/how-caffeine-evolved-to-help-plants-survive-and-help-people-wake-up.html?_r=0

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2014/0905/Coffee-study-reveals-the-genetics-of-java-video

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/coffee-s-caffeine-buzz-evolved-separately-from-tea-s/

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/coffee-genome-generates-buzz-how-did-caffeine-evolve-n196101

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/09/04/genetically-modified-coffee-could-be-just-around-the-corner/

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-genes-beans-coffee-20140904-story.html

http://www.nature.com/news/coffee-got-its-buzz-by-a-different-route-than-tea-1.15832

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science/five-coffee-mysteries-beans-genes-may-crack-180952614/?no-ist

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/09/04/us-science-coffee-idUSKBN0GZ2SB20140904

http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/The-buzz-on-caffeine-in-coffee-A-genetic-quirk-5733378.php  

http://www.salon.com/2014/09/04/scientists_have_sequenced_the_coffee_genome/

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/science/scientists-sequence-coffee-genome/articleshow/41794995.cms

http://www.livescience.com/47689-coffee-genome-sequenced.html

http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/geoengineering/they-sequenced-coffee-genome-17170413