Mission and Organization
The human DNA sample provided is that of J. Craig Venter whose DNA from white blood cells and sperm was sequenced using Sanger chemistry (ABI Capillary Electrophoresis Platforms 3700 and 3730xl), assembled using the Celera Assembler, and was published in PLoS Biology. J. Craig Venter, born on 14 October 1946, is a Caucasian male of self-reported European-American ancestry.
The data available on this sample, whose genome assembly is referred to as HuRef, includes:
Additional data from this study can be found at this ftp site and include:
Given the amount of publicly available data, the genomic content of the HuRef sample will be useful as a reference for genetic studies.
Organization and Contact Information
Alissa M. Resch, Ph.D. - Principal Investigator
Email: aresch@coriell.org
Phone: (856) 757-9721
Ellen Kelly, Ph.D. - Co-Principal Investigator
Email: ekelly@coriell.org
Phone: (856) 580-6257
Tammara Dixon, B.S. - Project Associate
Email: tdixon@coriell.org
Phone: (856) 668-2087
Brittney Martinez, B.S. - Project Associate
Email: bmartinez@coriell.org
Phone: (856) 412-6992
General Inquiries
email: customerservice@coriell.org
phone: 856-752-3805