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Nanopore Sequencing Project Aims to Augment Existing 1000 Genomes Dataset
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Researchers at the University of Washington kicked off a consortium to reanalyze all samples in the 1000 Genomes Project with nanopore long-read sequencing.

Korean Genome Project Data May Be Useful for Cancer, Other Disease Studies

The researchers noted that using Korea1K as a reference resulted in better imputation accuracy for Koreans than the 1000 Genomes dataset.

The Decade in Genomics: CRISPR, Single Cells, Long Reads, Clinical and Consumer Applications
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GenomeWeb asked a number of prominent researchers in the field via email about their top picks for notable developments or achievements in genomics during the 2010s.

Human Males Underwent Bursts of Population Growth, According to Y Chromosome Sequence Analysis

A Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute-led team analyzed the Y chromosome sequences of some 1,200 men from 26 populations, and constructed a phylogenetic tree.

Scientists From 1000 Genomes Consortium Create Largest Catalog of Human Genomic Information

The 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has shared their results with the scientific community in hopes of gaining insight into disease genomics.

Dec 4, 2014

With Genomics Platform, Google Seeks to Bring Infrastructure, Other Capabilities to Bear on Biomedicine
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Oct 14, 2014

Genomics England Chooses 10 Firms for Next Evaluation Stage of UK's 100,000 Genomes Project

Mar 25, 2014

UK Research Funders Adopt Recommendations to Prevent ID of Genetic Study Subjects

Sep 16, 2013

Widespread Variation Affects Regulation of Most Human Genes, Study Finds

Aug 26, 2013

GWAS Ups List of Genetic Contributors to Schizophrenia

Oct 31, 2012

1000 Genomes Project Team Reports on Variation Patterns from Phase I Data

Dec 13, 2011

Complete Genomics to Contribute 500 Human Genomes to 1000 Genomes Project
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Oct 14, 2011

Researchers Reconstructing Genome of Indigenous Population Using 1000 Genomes Data

Oct 14, 2011

1000 Genomes Project Releases Integrated Phase 1 Data Set

Sep 29, 2011

EU Set to Launch $54M Epigenomics Initiative

Sep 16, 2011

Stanford-Led Team Demonstrates Utility of Ethnicity-Specific Reference for Interpreting Genome Data

Sep 9, 2011

Swiss Team Explores Effects of Epistasis between Coding and Regulatory Variants

May 17, 2011

1K Genomes Project Completes WGS and Exome Sequencing of 1K Individuals, IDs 20M Novel SNPs
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Apr 12, 2011

Broad Researchers Develop Framework to Analyze Sequence Data from Multiple Platforms
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Feb 17, 2011

1000 Genomes Pilot Data Suggests Recent Selective Sweeps Rare in Human Lineage

Feb 2, 2011

1000 Genomes Team Catalogs Structural Variants in Human Genomes

Nov 9, 2010

1000 Genomes Data Submission a 'Milestone' for Affymetrix, Official Says
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Nov 4, 2010

QuantaLife Unveils Digital PCR Platform; Offers Early Access Before '11 Full Commercial Launch
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Nov 3, 2010

Affymetrix Supplying Genotyping Data to 1000 Genomes Project

Nov 2, 2010

1K Genomes Project Publishes Initial Results, Aims to Sequence 2,500 Individuals on Illumina and SOLiD
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Nucleotide Base Detected on Near-Earth Asteroid

Among other intriguing compounds, researchers find the nucleotide uracil, a component of RNA sequences, in samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, as they report in Nature Communications.

Clinical Trial Participants, Investigators Point to Importance of Clinical Trial Results Reporting in Canadian Study

Public reporting on clinical trial results is crucial, according to interviews with clinical trial participants, investigators, and organizers from three provinces appearing in BMJ Open.

Old Order Amish Analysis Highlights Autozygosity, Potential Ties to Blood Measures

Researchers in BMC Genomics see larger and more frequent runs-of-homozygosity in Old Order Amish participants, though only regional autozygosity coincided with two blood-based measures.

Suicidal Ideation-Linked Loci Identified Using Million Veteran Program Data

Researchers in PLOS Genetics identify risk variants within and across ancestry groups with a genome-wide association study involving veterans with or without a history of suicidal ideation.