Mountain pine beetle genome was decoded
On Mar. 27, 2013, researchers at the University of British Columbia and Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre…
Endangered Lemurs’ genomes sequenced
On Mar. 25, 2013, it was announced that for the first time, the complete genomes of three populations…
Sea Turtle Genome Revealed Ancient Roadmap of Survival
On Feb. 7, 2023, scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries’ tissue library announced they…
The Center for Personalized Diagnostics (CPD) was established at UPenn
In Feb. 2013, the Center for Personalized Diagnostics (CPD) was established at UPenn for researching genomic and therapeutic…
Genome sequence of diamondback moth completed
On Jan. 13, 2013 an international research team led by the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University announced they…
Amgen acquired deCODE Genetics for $415 million
On Dec. 12, 2012, deCODE genetics announced an agreement whereby Amgen acquired deCODE Genetics, a global leader in…
USDA scientists and cooperators sequence wheat genome
On Nov. 28, 2012, scientists from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), as part of an international team,…
International team sequenced the bread wheat genome
On Nov. 14, 2012, scientists from the U.S., United Kingdom and Germany announced they had completed the first…
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Scientists decoded genome of bonobo
On Jun. 13, 2012, in a project led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,…
Scientists decoded genome of Chagas disease
On Jun. 5, 2012, an international team of scientists decoded genome of Chagas disease. Previously, scientists had only…
Scientists complete most comprehensive genetic analysis of corn to-date
On Jun. 3, 2012, an interdisciplinary team, led by researchers at Cornell University and the USDA Agricultural Research…
Tomato genome was published in Nature
On May 31, 2012, the tomato genome was published in Nature on May 31, 2012, culminating years of…
First patent application granted for CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in all environments
On May 25, 2012, Drs. Jennifer Doudna, Emanulle Charpentier, Martin Jinek of UC Berkeley and Krzystof Chylinski of…
Draft sequence of the gorilla genome was published
On Mar. 8, 2012, an international team led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announced they…
Entire genome of extinct Denisovan human decoded from fossil
On Feb. 7, 2012, The Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, in Leipzig, Germany, completed the genome sequence…
The Basser Center for BRCA was established at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center
In 2012, the Basser Center for BRCA was established at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center to establish a…
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Karmanos researcher Patricia LoRusso appointed co-leader of the Stand Up To Cancer Dream Team
On Dec. 14, 2011, Patricia M. LoRusso, D.O., of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit, Michigan;…
Washington University’s Genome Institute received $114 million grant
On Dec. 6, 2011, Washington University’s Genome Institute received a four-year $114 million grant from the National Human…
draft genome and transcriptome of Cannabis sativa published
On Oct. 20, 2011, researchers announced they had sequenced genomic DNA and RNA from the marijuana strain Purple…
Researchers reconstructed genome of the Black Death
On Oct. 13, 2011, an international team, led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen…
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Genomeon was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia
On Aug. 11, 2011, Genomeon was established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia by Dr. Harold…
The genome sequence of the potato was published in Nature
On Jul. 10, 2011, members of the Potato Genome Sequencing Consortium (PGSC) announced publication of the complete potato…
Genome for endangered Tasmanian tiger was completed
On Jun. 28, 2011, to prevent extinction of the Tasmanian tiger, a team of scientists led by the…
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Sandia and Cray tackled big data in new supercomputing institute
On May 20, 2011, Sandia and supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc. announced they had signed a cooperative research and…
J Craig Venter Institute announced Single Virus Genomics
On Mar. 23, 2011, J. Craig Venter Institute researchers announced Single Virus Genomics, enabling the isolation and complete…
UCSF stem cell building was opened, a milestone for the pioneering program
On Feb. 9, 2011, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) celebrated the official opening of the Ray…
Stanford Medicine researchers used skin cells from patients with a severe genetic heart defect to create human heart cells with the same genetic mutation
On Feb. 9, 2011, Stanford researchers used skin cells from patients with a severe genetic heart defect to…
The genome of the Orangutan was sequenced
On Jan. 26, 2011, the Orangutan Genome Sequencing Consortium, a collaboration between the Human Genome Sequencing Center at…
The Belly Button Biodiversity project was launched
On Jan. 3, 2011, the Belly Button Biodiversity project was launched to investigate the microbes inhabiting our navels…
The Earth Microbiome Project was envisoned
On Dec. 31 2010, In a meeting report from the Terabase Metagenomics Workshop in Snowbird, Utah, the Vision…