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Genome project gets boost with $26.8 million grant (Record)
October 14, 1998
Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., the James S. McDonnell Professor and head of genetics at the School of Medicine, has received the largest single-year grant in Washington University history -- $26.8 million in funding from the National Human Genome Research Institute. The grant will enable the Genome Sequencing Center, which Waterston directs, to forge ahead with sequencing human DNA.
Sequencing center hosts conference (Record)
October 07, 1998
The School of Medicine's Genome Sequencing Center is hosting the Fifth International Conference on Automation in Mapping and DNA Sequencing Wednesday, Oct. 7, through Saturday, Oct. 10, in the Eric P. Newman Center. At 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9, there will be a banquet at St. Louis' City Museum. At 9 p.m., James D. Watson, Ph.D., president of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and co-discoverer of the genetic code, will speak about the future of genome sequencing.
Richard Gephardt visits The Genome Center (Record)
April 01, 1998
As Congress gears up for a major budget debate, House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt (D-Mo.) came to the School of Medicine March 21 to see how funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are being put to work. President Clinton has suggested that part of the current federal budget surplus be used to increase NIH funding. "We are going to try to do even better than the president's numbers," Gephardt said.
Waterston deciphers genetic blueprints (Record)
October 29, 1997
Robert H. Waterston, M.D., Ph.D., is the James S. McDonnell Professor of Genetics and head of the Department of Genetics in the School of Medicine. He also directs the Genome Sequencing Center, where more than 200 researchers, computer specialists, technicians and students work day and night to sequence DNA.
NIH grant helps train students (Record)
May 14, 1997
Washington University has received a five-year $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to train graduate students in computational genome analysis.
School of Medicine scientists complete map of chromosome X (Record)
March 26, 1997
School of Medicine researchers have reached a milestone in the history of genetics -- the completion of a high-resolution map of chromosome X.
Genetic blueprint: International collaborators announce complete DNA sequence of yeast (Record)
May 01, 1996
On April 24, School of Medicine researchers were among the international collaborators who announced that they have deciphered the complete genetic instructions for making a cell of yeast.
Major grant aids effort to sequence human genome (Record)
April 17, 1996
The Washington University School of Medicine is one of six recipients of major grants from the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR) at the National Institutes of Health.
