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Human Genome News, March 1994; 5(6)

GDB User Support, Registration

The new telephone number for GDB user support in Baltimore is 410/955-9705.

To become a registered user of GDB and OMIM, contact one of the User Support offices listed below (a user may register to access both Baltimore and a remote node). Questions, problems, or user-registration requests may be sent by telephone, fax, or e-mail. User-registration requests should include name, institutional affiliation, and title (if applicable), street address (no P.O. box numbers), telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address.

The Help Line in Baltimore is staffed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST for information on accounts and training courses, technical support, and data questions. Calls received after hours will be forwarded to the appropriate voice mail and returned as soon as possible. To obtain a user's local SprintNet (Telenet) number for locations within the United States: 800/736-1130.


GDB, OMIM Training Schedule

Contact U.S. GDB User Support Office (below). General User Classes will be held in Baltimore on April 18-19 and June 13-14.


User Support Offices

United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Australia, Sweden


  • UNITED STATES
    GDB User Support
    Genome Data Base
    Johns Hopkins University
    2024 E. Monument Street
    Baltimore, MD 21205-2100
    410/955-9705
    Fax: /614-0434
    Internet: help@gdb.org
  • GERMANY
    Otto Ritter
    Molecular Biophysics Dept.
    German Cancer Research Center
    Im Neuenheimer Feld 280
    D-6900 Heidelberg
    Germany
    + 49/6221-42-2372
    Fax: -2333
    Internet: dok261@cvx12.dkfz-heidelberg.de
  • UNITED KINGDOM
    Christine Bates
    Human Gene Mapping Program Resource Center
    CRC, Watford Road
    Harrow, Middx HA1, 3UJ
    United Kingdom
    + 44/81-869-3446
    Fax: -3807
    Internet: cbates@uk.ac.crc
  • NETHERLANDS
    GDB User Support
    CAOS/CAMM Center
    Faculty of Science
    University of Nijmegen
    P.O. Box 9010
    6500 GL NIJMEGEN
    Netherlands
    + 31/80-653391
    Fax: -652977
    Internet: post@caos.caos.kun.nl
  • AUSTRALIA
    Alex Reisner
    ANGIS
    Electrical Eng. Bldg. J03
    University of Sydney
    Sydney, N.S.W. 2006
    Australia
    + 61/2-692-2948
    Fax: -3847
    Internet: reisner@angis.su.oz.au
  • SWEDEN
    GDB User Support
    Biomedical Center
    Box 570
    S-751 23 Uppsala
    Sweden
    + 46/18-174057
    Fax: -524869
    Internet: help@gdb.embnet.se

GDB Contains New Genethon YAC Data

Genome Data Base (GDB) is making available the data presented in the paper by Cohen et al. on mega-yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) maps of all the human chromosomes [Nature 366, 698-701 (1993)]. In conjunction with the paper's publication, data on YAC clones became accessible December 16, 1993, on the Genethon ftp and Gopher servers. GDB staff downloaded these data and formatted them for electronic loading into GDB.

From this data set, 7484 D-segment assignments have been made. A total of 34,495 clone records and nearly 100,000 links to already defined Genethon sequence tagged sites and between overlapping YACs are available in GDB.

Since GDB will contain records of all publicly available Genethon YAC information, Genethon markers included in future maps need not be resubmitted to GDB. Research groups having clone information should contact GDB for assistance in the data-submission process.


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Human Genome Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Human Genome News (v5n6).

Human Genome Project 1990–2003

The Human Genome Project (HGP) was an international 13-year effort, 1990 to 2003. Primary goals were to discover the complete set of human genes and make them accessible for further biological study, and determine the complete sequence of DNA bases in the human genome. See Timeline for more HGP history.

Human Genome News

Published from 1989 until 2002, this newsletter facilitated HGP communication, helped prevent duplication of research effort, and informed persons interested in genome research.