Computational Biology Section Contributes to Human Genome Project Research (February 2001)

Ed Uberbacher, section head of the Life Sciences Division's Computational Biology Section, is listed as a co-author in the DOE Joint Genome Institute in a groundbreaking publication of a draft sequence and initial analysis of the human genome. The paper, released by the Human Genome Project international consortium, is being published in the February 15 issue of the journal Nature. ORNL has been teaming with the DOE Joint Genome Institute, and performed the analysis and annotation of the DOE portion of the sequence. The scientific work reported here will serve as a basis for research and discovery in the coming decades and will have profound long-term consequences for medicine. It will help elucidate the underlying molecular mechanisms of disease, which will in turn allow researchers to design better drugs and therapies for many illnesses. (Contact: Ed Uberbacher, 574-6134 or uberbacherec@ornl.gov; Funding Source: DOE KP14)

Cover reprinted by permission from Nature (409:15th February) copyright (2001) Macmillan Magazines Ltd