The First Indian Genome was announced on 8th of December 2009. To this effect, an announcement was made in the Indian Parliament by Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Science and Technology on Sequencing of the first human genome in India.
The announcement was made in the Indian Parliament to this effect.
Commemorative cartoon celebrating the 10th year of Indian Genome. Cartoon: Vigneshwar Senthivel
CSIR scientists map first human genome in India Press Trust of India - Dec 8, 2009
Vice President congratulates CSIR scientists for decoding human genome in India
Press Information Bureau (press release) - Dec 8, 2009
Vice President congratulates CSIR scientists for decoding human genome in India
Press Information Bureau (press release) - Dec 8, 2009
Excerpts from the Press Release
8th Dec 2009
CSIR scientist at IGIB, Delhi declared success in decoding the sequence of an anonymous healthy Indian citizen. The Human Genome has 3.1 billion basepairs. The team at IGIB generated data using next generation sequencing technology. This next-generation sequencing technology enables massively parallel sequencing of millions of genomic fragments of 76 base pairs, which are then mapped back to the reference human genome. This humongous exercise was made possible with the CSIR Supercomputing facility at IGIB.
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| Press Meet on Sequencing of the first human genome in India.with Shri Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Science and Technology |
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