Press releases in 2000
- 21st November
- Sanger Centre to sequence zebrafish genome in new Wellcome Trust Initiative
- 6th October
- Public-Private Consortium to Accelerate Sequencing of Mouse Genome
- 20th July
- Wellcome Trust Announces Major Investment in Genome Bioinformatics
- 26th June
- Completion of draft human genome: press pack
- 17th May
- Wellcome Trust Appoints New Sanger Centre Director
- 8th May
- A collaboration between the Sanger Centre and the EBI adds critical annotation to sequence data from the Human Genome Project
- 8th May
- Public Consortium Launches Final Phase of Human Genome Sequencing: 85 percent of Human Genome Sequence Assembled and Available to the Public
- 8th May
- 85 percent of human genome assembled and critical annotation added
- 3rd May
- Largest grant to study horse disease
- 26th April
- Beowulf announces £3 million of new funding for pathogen sequencing
- 13th April
- The complete genome of the leprosy bacillus has been sequenced
- 29th March
- Two-thirds of Human Genome Given to Researchers Worldwide
- 29th March
- Meningitis Bacterium Code Cracked
- 14th March
- Wellcome applauds USA and UK governments' commitment to free sequence data
- 7th March
- Genome talks collapse over commercial ownership
- 10th February
- Scientists reveal clues to food poisoning bug
- 6th January
- New research will tackle causes of disease from the UK to the tropics
