Geneticist Dr. Judith G. Hall was awarded the Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award
On Apr. 11, 2018, Dr. Judith G. Hall, professor emerita of pediatrics and medical genetics at the University…
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Michael Rosbash was awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
On Oct. 2, 2017, The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced that Michael Rosbash, a Howard Hughes…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Medicine | Therapeutics
deCODE study revealed an ancient achilles heel in the human genome
On Sept. 20, 2017, resarchers at deCODE genetics use whole-genome data from 14,000 people from across the population…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Neurology | Therapeutics
University of British Columbia researchers discovered a genetic link to multiple sclerosis
On Jun. 1, 2016, scientists at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health announced proof that…
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Mary-Claire King was awarded the National Medal of Science
On May 19, 2016, President Barack Obama presented Mary-Claire King, Ph.D., a University of Washington professor of medicine…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | NIH | Therapeutics
The McDonnell Genome Institute received a $60 million from the NIH to study the genetics of common diseases
On Jan. 19, 2016, the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced…
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Genome of 8,500-year-old North American skeleton, known as Kennewick Man, was sequenced
On Jun. 18, 2015, a study, “The Ancestry and Affiliations of Kennewick Man” in the journal Nature, based…
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UAlberta scientists announced first whole genome sequence of bighorn sheep
On Jun. 15, 2015, UAlberta scientists announced first whole genome sequence of bighorn sheep. With advances in DNA…
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First patient diagnosed through the 100,000 Genomes Project in the United Kingdom
On Mar. 11, 2015, the National Health Service (NHS) announced that Patients in the NHS had begun receiving…
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The first-ever World Birth Defects Day was observed
On Mar. 3, 2015, the first-ever World Birth Defects Day was observed with the support of 12 organizations….
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University of Iowa alumnus Franklin D Trueblood provided $7.8 million for genetics research
On Sept. 12, 2014, the University of Iowa announced that alumnus Franklin D. Trueblood’s lifelong interest in medical…
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Researchers unlock genetic code of cancer-causing liver fluke parasite
On Sept. 10, 2014, an international team of scientists from Singapore, Thailand, China and Australia announced that they…
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Mary-Claire King received Lasker Foundation Award
On Sept. 8, 2014, the University of Washington and UW Medicine announced that Mary-Claire King, UW professor of…
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Scripps Research Institute Scientists created first living organism that transmits added letters in DNA ‘alphabet’
On May 7, 2014, scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) announced that they had engineered a bacterium…
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The Alabama Institute of Medicine received $1 Million gift to advance stem cell research
On Apr. 4, 2014, the Alabama Institute of Medicine received $1 Million gift from an anonymous Birmingham resident…
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Illumina broke the ‘sound barrier’ of human genomics by enabling the $1,000 genome
On Jan 14, 2014, Illumina announced that it had broken the ‘sound barrier’ of human genomics by enabling…
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The NY Genome Center was founded
On Nov. 3, 2011, the New York Genome Center was founded by academic and medical scientists, civic leaders,…
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Horse genome 700,000 years old sequenced
On Jun. 26, 2013, scientists announced they have sequenced the oldest genome to date—and shaken up the horse…
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NIH researchers conduct first genomic survey of human skin fungal diversity
On May 22, 2013, a research team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced they had sequenced…
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Mega genomes of spruce species decoded
On May 22, 2013, Canadian and Swedish scientists released genome sequences of two of the most economically important…
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Genome of the macaw sequenced
On May 8, 2013, a research team from Texas A&M, led by Drs. Christopher Seabury and Ian Tizard…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Therapeutics
The Human Genome Project was completed
On Apr. 13, 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the completion of the Human Genome Project…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | Genomics | USDA
Scientists complete most comprehensive genetic analysis of corn to-date
On Jun. 3, 2012, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have published the most comprehensive…
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The Tomato Genome was Published in Nature
On May 31, 2012, the tomato genome was published in Nature, culminating years of work by the Tomato…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA approved orphan drug Elelyso to treat a form of Gaucher disease
On May 1, 2012, Pfizer and Protalix BioTherapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved…
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Stanford/Packard scientists found new uses for existing drugs by mining gene-activity data banks
On Aug. 17, 2011, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine announced they had paired up medicines…
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First international collaboration on Alzheimer’s disease genetics was launched
On Jan. 31, 2011, the first international collaboration on Alzheimer’s disease genetics was launched. The International Genomics of…
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International consortium published third-generation map of human genetic variation
On Sept. 13, 2010, an international consortium published the largest survey of human genetic variation thus far: a…
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USDA Agricultural Research Service announced genetic map of switchgrass
On Jul. 1, 2010, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists announced a genetic map of…
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The Autism Sequencing Consortium Was Established
In 2010, the Autism Sequencing Consortium (ASC) was founded by founded by Joseph D. Buxbauman and an international…
