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The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.

… explore the locations of genes across the immense human genome sequence. Dr. Birney and his colleagues began … in 1999 in anticipation of the completion of the Human Genome Project. As genes were identified, the Ensembl … to the assessed total of 24,847 genes at the time (later studies lowered this number to ~20,000). In 2024, Dr. Rowen …

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The Human Genome Project is simply a bad idea

The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.

… letter, which circulated and spurred the anti-Human Genome Project letter campaign. The first line of the letter reads “The human genome project: mediocre science, terrible science policy.” … … of Kentucky Medical Center, argued that the Human Genome Project would not draw new professionals in science …

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Remembering Debbie Nickerson

A candid and kind genomics pioneer leaves a deep impact on NHGRI and the genomics community.

… was a long-time grantee and advisor of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and a major positive force … at the intersection of genome technology development, studies of human genomic variation, and bioinformatics, while … there was to know about linkage disequilibrium and association studies. She knew how to ask hard questions and …