Genome sequencing in record time: now it only takes days instead of years

Software assembles complete genome sequences on-demand

23-Feb-2023 - National Institutes of Health researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. This software, called Verkko, which means “network” in Finnish, makes the process of assembling complete genome ...

NHGRI Expands Effort to Revolutionize Sequencing Technologies

Grants Awarded to Develop Faster, Cheaper DNA Sequencing

29-May-2006 - The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced it has awarded grants totaling more than $32 million to advance the development of innovative sequencing technologies intended to reduce the cost of DNA sequencing and expand the use ...

NIH Awards $4.2 Million Grant to Scientists at Scripps Research to Speed DNA Sequencing Technologies

10-Aug-2005 - A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in California and Oxford University in England have been awarded a $4.2 million five-year grant to conduct basic science aimed at speeding the rate at which the next generation of DNA sequencing technologies will become available to ...