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The Human Genome at Ten Years Old Jun 2010
On 26th June 2000, President Clinton, PM Tony Blair, Francis Collins and Craig Venter held a press conference to announce the first draft of the Human Genome.  Ten years on, many commentators are reviewing the project.  What were its aims, have they been achieved? Has biology changed substantially and has medicine also benefited?  In the Economist Genome at Ten special, Geoffrey Car...
FT: Oxford Nanopore achieved largest UK private fundraising in Q1 Apr 2010
In the FT, Philip Stafford contemplates the fundraising options for smaller companies, noting that according to an Ascendant report, Oxford Nanopore achieved the largest private Q1 fundraising.  More details of the report are discussed in Electronics Weekl<...
The Lancet on interpreting a personal genome Apr 2010
Stanford researcher and Helicos entrepreneur Stephen Quake had his genome sequenced months ago, and now the Lancet has published on the challenges associated with interpreting a healthy individual's genome.  You need a subscription to read the article at source, however there is plenty of coverage elsewhere. Read all about it at the Read more >>-->
"Sequencees" meet at the GET conference Apr 2010
Carl Zimmer writes in Discover Magazine about the GET conference (Genomes, Environment and Traits), where luminaries of the sequencing world gathered to discuss the good and the bad of personal genomes and personalised medicine.  David Dobbs also summarises the meeting on his Read more >>-->
Oxford Nanopore £17.4 million / $28million fundraising Feb 2010
Oxford Nanopore's £17.4 million/ $28 million fundraising was discussed in San-Diego based Xconomy, the DNA sequencing publication Read more >>-->
Nature Nanotechnology publication on DNA strand capture for nanopore sequencing. Dec 2009
Oxford Nanopore collaborator Professor Amit Meller's Boston University lab has published pioneering work on the capture of DNA strands for nanopore sequencing using solid-state nanopores. Read the article here and the Boston University press release here.  
Landmark Cancer publication of cancer genomes in Nature Dec 2009
Two papers in Nature describe the genomes of two patients' malignant melanoma and a small cell lung cancer.  These landmark papers were published by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Centre, UK, and their collaborators. Authors include researchers who now work for Oxford Na...
Your Own Personal Genome: C&EN Dec 2009
The magazine of the American Chemical Society, C&EN, has published a story on the future of the personal genome and advances in sequencing technologies that will underpin this revolution.  
Corn genome completed Nov 2009
The cordn genome, whose draft sequence was published in 2008, has now been completed.  Read about it here. 
NIH $1,000 genome grants awarded to Oxford Nanopore Collaborators Oct 2009
Oxford Nanopore collaborators at the University of California Santa Cruz and Harvard have been awarded a total of $1.8 million in grants by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI, part of the National Institutes for Health, NIH).  
Click here for press release from Oxford Nanopore. 
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