McDonnell Genome Institute

MGI Awarded $60M for New Centers for Complex Disease Genomics Network 4-Year Grant from NHGRI for Studies of Cardiovascular and Neuropsychiatric Diseases

Study Uncovers Hard-to-Detect Cancer Mutations Dr. Li Ding and her team developed a software tool for finding a certain type of genetic error that has been consistently missed by cancer genome studies and identified a large number of such events in critical cancer genes.

Reference Genomes Improvement Project MGI's commitment to enhancing the human reference genomes

MGI Hosts Hands-on Workshop Dr. Mitreva and her laboratory provide instruction for attendees on bioinformatics for helminth genomics

MGI Awarded Grant to Improve Human Reference Genome Resource Grant supports MGIs contributions to the Genome Reference Consortium to enhance the quality and breadth of the human genome reference assembly

Supporting Science Elizabeth H. and James S. McDonnell III provide an extraordinary gift to enable genomic research

The Cat's Meow MGI researchers and collaborators explore the cat genome, revealing clues to domestication.

McDonnell Genome Institute researchers make scientific double play Wesley Warren, PhD and Richard K. Wilson, PhD contribute to two separate cover stories in Science and Nature in the same week

Drug Gene Interaction Database Twin brothers develop an online database that matches disease genes with potential drugs.

McDonnell Genome Institute Researchers Remain on "Hottest Researchers" List Wilson, Mardis, Ding, Fulton on Hottest Researchers

Cancer Genomics Two new studies shed light on the genomics of two deadly forms of cancer.

Sample Prep Maze Ndonwi scans genomic DNA samples for an infant microbiome project.

Testing and Training Lisa Cook tests a new sample preparation protocol.

McDonnell Genome Institute Tours Outreach member, Latricia Wallace, leads a tour of the McDonnell Genome Institute.

Outreach Event Students present posters at an Outreach event for DNA Day.

Preparing to Sequence Preparing a fluorescent gel during library construction.

Software Development Staff developers and software engineers work on the latest analysis pipelines.

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