

| The Human Genome Project was begun in 1990 as an effort by researchers from around the world to map and sequence the human genome—the totality of human DNA—as well as the genomes of important experimental organisms, like yeast, the nematode worm and the mouse. In 2000, the collaborators in the HGP announced the completion of a draft revealing the sequence of 90 percent of human DNA. In February 2001, the initial analysis of the genome sequence was published in the scientific literature. Take a look at the online multi-media, educational kit, The Human Genome Project: Exploring our Molecular Selves. It’s great!
And on a related topic, read “The Revolutionizing of Proteomics” in the January/February cover story of Genetics and Proteomics magazine online. You’ll see Dr. Craig Brater, dean of the IU School of Medicine, with colleagues from Purdue and Eli Lilly and Co., on the cover. Read about the research partnerships being fostered through the Indiana Proteomics Consortium at this Web site: http://www.ingen.iu.edu/~ingenfyi/newsroom/
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