HUM-MOLGEN archive: NEWS: Current issue of Human Genome News online

NEWS: Current issue of Human Genome News online The latest issue of Human Genome News is up on the Human Genome Project Information (HGPI) site at http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/hgn/v9n3/01eyes.html>http://www.or nl.go v/hgmis/publicat/hgn/v9n3/01eyes.html The hardcopy version will be mailed to subscribers in approximately 1 week. Both the newsletter and website are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program. HGPI home page is <http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis>http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis Newsletter Contents: DOE Contractor-Grantee Workshop Highlights Patrinos Address Joint Genome Institute (JGI) Comes of Age JGI Sequencing JGI Informatics JGI and Bermuda Quality Sequence Grants Awarded for JGI Collaboration JGI Sequencing Clones Sequencing Strategies,Tools Gene-Discovery Resources Sequencing at NIH NHGRI Functional Genomics Data Surge Challenges Informaticists Genome Annotation: Informatics Advances Needed for Age of Functional Genomics ELSI: Rapid Progress Accelerates Societal Impact of Genome Research 1999 DOE HGP Meeting Set for California Human Genome Project Administration New 5-Year Goals, Project Midpoint DOE, NIH Discuss Informatics JASON Group Review DOE BER Genome Instrumentation Research In the News Private-Sector Sequencing Plan Bang for the Buck: Government-Backed Research Underpins Potentially High Payoff Ventures Palmisano Joins DOE OBER DNA Files series to be on NPR HUGO Addresses Sample Collection Sickle Cell Mice May Lead to New Treatments TIGR Sequencing 6 More Microbes Tuberculosis Microbe Sequenced C. Elegans Sequencing Nears Finish HGMIS Website Restructured cDNA Cloning Workshop Identifies Critical Issues Survey Identifies Growing Need for Synchrotron Analyses NCGR Announcements Publications Report on Functional Consequences of Gene Expression Book on Tuskegee Conference Book Focuses on Biomarker Implications, Conference Proceedings Genome Analysis Protocol Handbook Software and the Internet Mouse Genome Informatics Release 2.0 New System Identifies Polymorphisms DOE Supports Web Site for 1997 AAAS Genome Symposium Expressed Human Genome Database Funding DOE ELSI NIH NHGRI NHGRI Initiates Mailing List U.S. Genome Research Funding Meeting Calendars & Acronyms Genome and Biotechnology Meetings Training Courses and Workshops Acronyms All issues of HGN are archived and searchable. Articles since 1995 have been indexed by subject: Lead Articles, Education, Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues, Gene Watch, Project Management and History, International, Mapping, Sequencing, Informatics, Instrumentation, Resources, HGP Applications, and Private Sector If you have questions, comments, or wish to subscribe, please contact: Betty K. Mansfield, Managing editor, Human Genome News Oak Ridge National Laboratory 1060 Commerce Park, MS 6480 Oak Ridge, TN 37830 Voice: 423/576-6669 Fax: 423/574-9888 E-mail: bkq@ornl.gov <http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis>http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis http://www.ornl.gov/meetings Sponsor: U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program -- | Frank S. Zollmann | | Benjamin Franklin Hospital / Free University Berlin - Germany | | Phone/SMS: +49 177 318-0146 | Fax: +49 381 458-2005 | E-mail: Zollmann@medizin.fu-berlin.de | PGP: available