Randal Voss and Jeramiah Smith are the recipients of a new research grant from the Department of Defense, Army Research Office. The grant, entitled "Genome Sequencing to Enable a Model Salamander for Tissue Regeneration Research", will provide approximately $375,000 over three years to sequence and assemble a whole axolotl chromosome, which is equivalent to sequencing and assembling a whole human genome without a reference. More cutting edge A&S research making a difference – congrats!