List of genetics research organizations

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

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Companies

• Affymetrix, UK [1]
• Applera, Norwalk, CT [2]
• Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA [3]
• Asper Biotech [4]]
• Celera Genomics
• Genentech, San Francisco, CA [5]
• Genetix, Hampshire, UK [6]

Research institutes

Americas

• Arizona, USA
  • Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix founded in July of 2002 [7]

• Arkansas, USA
  • Whitetail Genetic Research Institute, Jerusalem, [8]

• California, USA
  • Genetic Information Research Institute, Mountain View founded 1994 [9]
  • Stanford University, Stanford, California [10]

• Florida, USA
  • University of Florida Genetics Institute, Miami [11]

• Maryland, USA
  • The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), founded in 1992 by Craig Venter
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase [12]

• Massachusetts, USA
  • Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research, Cambridge, [13]

• Missouri, USA
  • Genome Sequencing Center, St Louis, [14]

• New York, USA
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, [15]
  • Center for Functional Genomics, SUNY Albany, Rensselaer, NY, [16]
• Washington, DC, USA
  • Research Institute for Genetic and Human Therapy - Instituto di Ricerca per la Terapia Genetica Umana, [17]

• USA
  • Center for the Advancement of Genomics
  • National Human Genome Research Institute founded 1989 [18]

Europe

• Austria
  • Institut für Forstgenetik, Vienna [19]

• Germany
  • Zentrum für genetische Forschung, (part of Max-Planck-Institute für Psychiatrie und Biochemie) München
  • Institut für Humangenetik, Hamburg [20]
  • Institut für Humangenetik, (Klinikum der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg), Heidelberg [21]
  • Institut für Humangenetik, (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität), Erlangen-Nürnberg [22]
  • Institut für Humangenetik (Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), Bonn [23]
  • Institut für Humangenetik, (University of Lübeck), Lübeck [24]
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin [25]
  • European Molecular Biology Lab (EMBL), Heidelberg

• Italy
  • International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Maccarese (Fiumicino) [26]

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• UK
  • Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge [27]
  • Imperial College Genetics and Genomics Research Institute, Hammersmith Hospital, London [28]

Asia/Pacific

• Australia
  • Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [29]
• India
  • Centre for population genetics, KolKatta
  • Department of Genetics, Dr. ALM. PG. IBMS, University of Madras
• Hong Kong
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong, [30]
  • Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology, [31]
  • Institute of Molecular Biology, Hong Kong, [32]

• 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 [33]
  • The Human Genome Centre of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS)

• Singapore
  • Biopolis, Singapore [34]
  • Genome Institute of Singapore [35]
  • Bioinformatik Institute, Singapore [36]
  • Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology [37]
  • Bioinformatics Center, Singapore [38]

• Taiwan
  • National Health Research Institutes [39]

Africa

• Kenya
  • International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, [40]

Genetic research watchdog organizations

• GeneWatch [41], UK
• Council for Responsible Genetics [42], US
• Smallpox Bio Security [43] Conference 21-22 Oct 2003, Geneva, Switzerland
• Sunshine Project [44], Hamburg, Germany and Austin, Texas