Genomics Milestones

Developed by PENN Investigators, Fostered by PGFI

  • Researcher2Natural Language Processing System for mining the literature for cancer related processes
  • A comparative genomics database for neuronal molecular processes
  • First application of Hybrid Systems Modeling to systems biology problems
  • Penn Center for Molecular Discovery for high-throughput small molecule screening
  • Dominant microarray probe generation technology
  • In vivo technologies for RNA-RNA Binding Protein characterization
  • Chemical agents that increase the efficiency of gene transfections
  • The first subcellular compartment transfection technologies
  • The prototype of the Bioanalyzer instrumentation
  • Longest-running training program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
  • A robust microRNA detection array platform
  • The Genomics Unified Schema (GUS) for storage and analysis of genomics data
  • Toxoplama gondii and plasmodium national databases
    (ToxoDB and PlasmoDB)
  • Membership in the consortium that sequenced  the first human chromosome (Chromosome 22)
  • Leadership in database integration technology including semi-automated schema matching and peer-to-peer integration
  • Key role in the NSF Assembling the Tree of Life initiative for computational infrastructure, simulations, and databases

To learn more: History of Promoting Genomics

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