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Genomics has revolutionised the way we see the world
Genomics has drastically changed the way we see the world


* Genome sequencing
* Genome sequencing
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* Environmental surveys of life
* ENCODE project (2007)
 
[[Image:nature_encode.jpg|Nature cover]]
 
 
* Environmental surveys of life (2005-2007)
** [http://collections.plos.org/plosbiology/gos-2007.php Global Ocean Sampling Expedition]
** [http://collections.plos.org/plosbiology/gos-2007.php Global Ocean Sampling Expedition]


[[Image:pbio_GOS_120.gif|GOS Expedition]]
[[Image:pbio_GOS_120.gif|GOS Expedition]]
* 1000 Genomes program (2008)
** January 22 2008 [http://www.genome.gov/26524516 NIH News]: NIH announces "sequencing the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation"
[[Image:thousand_genomes.jpg|1000 genomes]]





Latest revision as of 00:37, 24 January 2008

Big Picture

Genomics has drastically changed the way we see the world

  • Genome sequencing
    • 1994 first (bacterial) genome sequenced
    • 2001 Human genome completed

Times Magazine


  • ENCODE project (2007)

Nature cover


GOS Expedition


  • 1000 Genomes program (2008)
    • January 22 2008 NIH News: NIH announces "sequencing the genomes of at least a thousand people from around the world to create the most detailed and medically useful picture to date of human genetic variation"

1000 genomes