But it denied that the situation stems from a conflict between the two institutes.
But he applauds NIH's plan to forge closer ties between the two institutes.
The challenge was to exchange information and ideas between the two institutes in accessible and understandable formats.
Even though NERO presented PEEG and ECOL INC as "two intertwined research programs" (Ouborg et al. [2009], 3), the friction between the two institutes became painfully clear during the very first National Ecogenomics Day (February 2008), the inaugural event in a series of annual meetings aimed at exploring the future of Dutch ecogenomics research.
Reasons for non-entry were compared between the five institutes by cross tabulation and P-values were calculated by the χ test.
The use of two instead of one referral institute may have influenced the data although there were no significant differences between the two institutes for the variables examined (data not shown).
The institutes are randomly referred to as A, B, C, D and E. The average number of patients with operable breast cancer treated per year in the period of participation to the trial varied from 150 to 600 between the five institutes.
An invitation letter was sent to the three supervisors from the three institutes.
Consecutive 40 patients who were referred to the two institutes between January 1995 and December 2000, were enrolled in this study.
Out of the five institutes, two have graduate and master's courses only, whereas the other three institutes have only undergraduate dentistry programs [ 9- 13].
