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Who Contributed to the Human Genome Project?

There are many laboratories receiving funds from either the Department of Energy or the National Institutes of Health for the Human Genome research. There are five main sequencing sites and researchers from numerous universities across the United States. There are also researches being done all over the world. However, this is not a complete list. There are many other institutions working on the Genome Project worldwide.

Primary Sequencing Sites
  • Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute
  • Baylor College of Medicine
  • Sanger Centre
  • Washington University Genome Sequencing Center
  • Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research

Major Contributors

  • Yale University
  • Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
  • Columbia University
  • Genome Database
  • Stanford Human Genome Center
  • University of California at Berkeley Drosophila Genome Center
  • University of Michigan DNA Sequencing Core
  • University of Oklahoma Advanced Center for Genome Technology
  • University of Texas, Depart of Molecular Genetics
  • University of Utah
  • University of Washington Genome Center
  • University of Wisconsin E. Coli Genome Center
  • Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics

Worldwide Contributors

  • Australian Genome Research Facility
  • Beijing Human Genome Center
  • China Genome Project
  • European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Genoscope, Evry, France
  • Gesellschaft Biotechnologische Forschung, Braunschweig, Germany
  • Institute of Molecular Biotechnology Jena, Germany
  • Japan science and Technology Corporation Sequencing Projects
  • Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
  • Korea Genome Center
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin
  • Riken Genomic Sciences Center, Saitama, Japan

Private Companies

  • Human Genome Sciences
  • Paradigm Genetics, Inc.
  • Genome Therapeutics Corp.
  • Sequenom, Inc.