Bioinformatics The Human Genome Project

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Bioinformatics The Human
Genome Project
Teacher Conference Friday October 19th, 2007
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The Human Genome Project
April 14, 2003 The Human Genome is completed
again!
October 2004 - present The Human Genome is now
really finished!
February 2001 Completion of the Draft Human
Genome
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To carry the sequence of my genome in my pocket,
I need

• (a) supercomputer
• (b) my laptop (brand new)
• (c) my home computer (Oops, its old)
• (d) DVD
• (e) CD
• (e) zip disk
• (f) floppy disk

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The Human GenomeBy the Numbers

• 75-100 trillionCells in the human body
• 3.1 billionBase pairs in each cell
• 2.4 millionBase pairs in the largest human gene
• 28,000-35,000Genes in the human genome
• 46Chromosomes in each cell

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Technology
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What is Bioinformatics?
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maps.google.ca
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Lets Look at the Human Genome...
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Websites visited during thisBioinformatics 101
Workshop

• Google www.google.ca
• Google Maps http//maps.google.ca
• UCSC Human Genome Browser Gateway
• http//genome.ucsc.edu/cgi-bin/hgGateway
• (hint use google to look up Genome Browser)

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Image Credits

• DNA with Features
• Image credit Genome Management Information
  System, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Available
  from http//genomics.energy.gov/gallery/
• Human Genome Project - Science cover
• Image credit Ann Elliott Cutting Available
  from http//www.sciencemag.org/content/vol291/iss
  ue5507/cover.dtl
• Human Genome Project - Nature cover
• Image available from http//www.nature.com/nature
  /journal/v409/n6822/index.html
• What is Bioinformatics?
• Image credit Jiang Long Available from
  http//www.scq.ubc.ca/what-is-bioinformatics
• Science_at_NASA universe logo
• Image available from http//science.hq.nasa.gov/u
  niverse/images/universe_09.jpg
• 1960 Film Projector
• Image available from http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki
  /Slide_projector
• iPod nano
• Image available from http//www.apple.com/ipodnan
  o/
• Downtown Bus Route map
• Available from http//translink.bc.ca/
• MSL and nearby coffee shops at UBC map
• Available from http//maps.google.ca/
• A view of the Leptin Precusor Gene in the UCSC
  Genome Browser