Genetic Information Research Institute
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The Genetic Information Research Institute (GIRI) is a non-profit institution that was founded in 1994 by Jerzy Jurka. GIRI maintains Repbase Update, a database of prototypic sequences representing repetitive DNA from different eukaryotic species, and Repbase Reports, an electronic journal established in 2001. GIRI held the 1st International Conference/Workshop on Genomic Impact of Eukaryotic Transposable Elements in April of 2006.