Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine Shares Genetic Resource Data to Promote Medical Research Throughout the World.More than 275,000 nucleotide sequence tags from TIGM's knockout mouse knock·out mouse n. A transgenic mouse that has been genetically engineered to exhibit mutations in specific genes. library are deposited into National Institutes of Health's GenBank, providing scientists free access to research tools HOUSTON -- To foster its mission to accelerate the pace of medical breakthroughs, the Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine The Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM) is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit institute founded in 2005 under a $50 million award from the Texas Enterprise Fund to pioneer the development of life-changing medical breakthroughs, accelerate the pace of medical discoveries (TIGM TIGM Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine ), based in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas “Houston” redirects here. For other uses, see Houston (disambiguation). Houston (pronounced /'hjuːstən/) is the largest city in the state of Texas and the , has responded to the National Institutes of Health's call for mouse genetic sequence data to be shared with the scientific research community worldwide. As a result, TIGM recently submitted 276,372 nucleotide sequence tags generated from its world's largest gene trap library of C57BL/6 mouse embryonic stem cells, to the Genome Survey Sequences division of the GenBank([R]) database. The sequence data submission will provide scientists with valuable information in their research efforts to understand and treat the underlying genetic causes of chronic human diseases and conditions. The GenBank database is accessible by researchers through the Internet and contains gene sequences representing 100,000 distinct organisms to help support pioneering scientific and medical research. TIGM's contribution represents one of the largest single submissions to the GenBank database since its formation in 1982. The sequence data provided by TIGM will also be distributed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), a branch of the National Institutes of Health. The NCBI is located in Bethesda, Maryland and was founded in 1988. , a division of NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. , to the European Molecular Biology Laboratory The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a molecular biology research institution supported by 19 countries comprising nearly all of western Europe and Israel. Nucleotide Sequence Database and the DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. Data Bank of Japan. "We are pleased to support the research community worldwide by contributing the sequence data generated from our gene trap library to GenBank," said Dr. Richard H. Finnell, President of the Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine. "GenBank is an example of cooperation among the scientific community that taps into the power of genomic information and advances research development globally. We look forward to future opportunities to share our data through the NIH database as well as other databases worldwide." About the Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM) The Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM) is an independent, non-profit research institution created in 2005. TIGM's mission is to accelerate the pace of medical discoveries and pioneer scientific breakthroughs through internal research and effective collaborations. TIGM maintains the world's largest gene trap library of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. This resource is used for internal research and research conducted through strategic alliances. TIGM also provides both clones and mice to academic and commercial institutions around the world. The Institute headquarters and laboratory facilities are based in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, with additional facilities currently under construction in College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in Central Texas. It is located in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near to three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San . TIGM is a member of the International Mouse Knockout Consortium to help promote advances in research resources around the world. For more information, visit www.tigm.org or call 888-377-TIGM (toll free in North America). |
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