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Human Genome News, Nov. 1994; 6(4):12

Washington University School of Medicine

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE (WUSM)
GENOME SEQUENCING CENTER

  • (NIH, established 1993)
  • ROBERT H. WATERSTON, Director
  • CONTACT: Paula Kassos, Administrator (314/286-1802, Fax: -1810, pkassos@watson.wustl.edu); WUSM, Box 8501; 4444 Forest Park Blvd.; St. Louis, MO 63108.

OTHER KEY RESEARCHERS

  • Warren R. Gish
  • LaDeana Hillier
  • H. Mark Johnston
  • Elaine R. Mardis
  • David J. States
  • Mark Vaudin
  • Richard K. Wilson

C. elegans Sequencing Collaborators:

  • Sanger Centre (Medical Research Council, U.K.), John Sulston, Director.
  • Contact: Jane Rogers, Administrator (+44-223/834938, Fax: /494919, jrh@sanger.ac.uk); Sanger Centre; Hinxton Park; Hinxton, Cambridge; UK CB10 1RQ.

    Other Key Researchers (Sanger Centre):

    • Mary Berks
    • Alan Coulson
    • Simon Dear
    • Richard Durbin
    • Karen Thomas

    Other Collaborators:

    • Philip Green (Univ. of Wash., Seattle)
    • Roger Staden [MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge, U.K.)]
    • Jean Thierry-Mieg [Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (Montpellier, France)]

MAJOR GOALS

  • Complete determination by 1998 of genomic sequence (100 Mb) of the nematode C. elegans (with the Sanger Centre).
  • Contribution to the rapid completion of the yeast S. cerevisiae genome Sequence with production of 2 to 3 Mb in 2 years.
  • Development of technology and software for efficient large-scale genome sequencing.

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS

  • Completion of 8 Mb of nematode genomic sequence, containing about 1500 predicted genes (with the Sanger Centre).
  • Completion of 1 Mb of yeast genomic sequence, including the complete sequence of chromosome VIII.
  • Adaptation of methods to human genomic sequencing and application to human 16p21 cosmids.
  • Development and implementation of the object-oriented database ACEDB to provide the sequence and physical map in the context of other information available for the nematode (with Durbin and Thierry-Mieg).
  • Improvements in the Staden assembly-editing package (xbap and xgap); scripts to automate data transfer, handling, and analysis with improved data tracking; improved base calling and development of alternative assembly methods (with Green and Thierry-Mieg).
  • Development of GENEFINDER, a program that accurately and rapidly predicts genes in nematode genomic DNA.

AVAILABLE RESOURCES

  • Nearly complete C. elegans clonal physical map with cosmid and yeast artificial chromosome clones.
  • Nearly complete S. cerevisiae clonal physical map, with cosmid and lambda clones.
  • 1500 sequence-tagged and mapped cDNA clones.
  • Software packages, including ACEDB, GENEFINDER, xbap/xgap, oligoselection, data tracking, and processing suites.

HGMIS staff

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