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Human Microbiome Project

Funded Research

Initiation of the HMP Data Resource

The NIH Roadmap-funded Human Microbiome Project (HMP) has awarded FY2007 funds to initiate the construction of a data resource for the HMP. These funds support one-year efforts to

  1. Sequence the genomes of 200 microbes that have been isolated from the human body;
  2. Recruit a set of healthy donors and obtain samples from a set of body regions (see report from HMP sampling workshop for recommendations on recruitment and sampling strategies); and
  3. Perform initial 16S rDNA gene metagenomic sequence analyses to estimate the complexity of the microbiota at these sites.
A total of $8.2 million in FY2007 was awarded to the sequencing centers at The Baylor College of Medicine Exit Disclaimer, The Broad Institute Exit Disclaimer, The J. Craig Venter Institute Exit Disclaimer, and Washington University Exit Disclaimer. The initial data being generated through this funding will provide a valuable resource to aid in the analysis of metagenomic sequence data to be produced in the next phase of the HMP. All data generated through this project will be rapidly released into public databases. NIH intends to release a solicitation in FY2008 to support the additional activity that will be necessary to generate the full HMP reference data set.

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This page last reviewed: January 23, 2008