List of genetics research organizations

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This is a list of organizations involved in genetics research or related activities.

Contents 1 Companies 2 Research institutes 2.1 Americas 2.2 Europe 2.3 Asia/Pacific 2.4 Africa 3 Genetic research watchdog organizations

[edit] Companies

• Affymetrix, UK [1]
• Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA [2]
• Celera Genomics
• Genentech, San Francisco, CA [3]
• Applera Norwalk, CT [4]
• Genetix, Hampshire, UK [5]

[edit] Research institutes

[edit] Americas

• Arizona, USA
  • Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix founded in July of 2002 [6]

• Arkansas, USA
  • Whitetail Genetic Research Institute, Jerusalem, [7]

• California, USA
  • Genetic Information Research Institute, Mountain View founded 1994 [8]
  • Stanford University, Stanford, California [9]

• Florida, USA
  • University of Florida Genetics Institute, Miami [10]

• Maryland, USA
  • The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), founded in 1992 by Craig Venter
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase [11]

• Massachusetts, USA
  • Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research, Cambridge, USA, [12]

• New York, USA
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, [13]
  • Center for Functional Genomics, SUNY Albany, Rensselaer, NY, [14]
• Washington, DC, USA
  • Research Institute for Genetic and Human Therapy - Instituto di Ricerca per la Terapia Genetica Umana, [15]

• USA
  • Center for the Advancement of Genomics
  • National Human Genome Research Institute founded 1989 [16]
  • Washington University, St. Louis, [17]

[edit] Europe

• Austria
  • Institut für Forstgenetik, Vienna [18]

• Germany
  • Zentrum für genetische Forschung, (part of Max-Planck-Institute für Psychiatrie und Biochemie) München
  • Institut für Humangenetik, Hamburg [19]
  • Institut für Humangenetik, (Klinikum der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg), Heidelberg [20]
  • Institut für Humangenetik, (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität), Erlangen-Nürnberg [21]
  • Institut für Humangenetik (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), Bonn [22]
  • Institut für Humangenetik, (Universität Lübeck), Lübeck [23]
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin [24]
  • European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL), Heidelberg

• Italy
  • International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Maccarese (Fiumicino) [25]

Global Crop Diversity Trust www.croptrust.org

• UK
  • Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge [26]
  • Imperial College Genetics and Genomics Research Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London [27]

[edit] Asia/Pacific

• Australia
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [28]

• Hong Kong
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong, [29]
  • Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology, [30]
  • Institute of Molecular Biology, Hong Kong, [31]

• China
  • Beijing Genomics Institute, Beijing, Beijing Genomics Institute website
  • The National Human Genome Centre in Southern China, Shanghai
  • The National Human Genome Centre in Northern China, Beijing
  • Huada Human Genome Research Centre
  • Bio Island Haizhu, Guangzhou [32]
  • The Human Genome Centre of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)

• Singapore
  • Biopolis, Singapore [33]
  • Genome Institute of Singapore [34]
  • Bioinformatik Institute, Singapore [35]
  • Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology [36]
  • Bioinformatics Center, Singapore [37]

[edit] Africa

• Kenya
  • International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, [38]

[edit] Genetic research watchdog organizations

• GeneWatch [39], UK
• Council for Responsible Genetics [40], US
• Smallpox Bio Security [41] Conference 21-22 Oct 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
• Sunshine Project [42], Hamburg, Germany and Austin, Texas