About
www.yourgenome.org is a website intended to help people understand genetics and genomic science and the implications for us all.
Produced by the Communication and Public Engagement team of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute -- Europe's largest genome centre -- www.yourgenome.org offers videos with leading researchers, explanatory animations, downloadable classroom activities and accurate information about genetics and genomics. Through www.yourgenome.org, we aim to stimulate interest and encouraged informed debate about this fast-moving area of biomedical science.
On this site, you'll find answers to questions like 'What is a genome?', 'How do you sequence the DNA of an organism?', and 'What could this information be used for?' We cover some background biology, provide insight into scientific life at the Sanger Institute, and enable access to the views and concerns of leading researchers in the field.
The 'general' information sections were created for the intelligent non-expert (such as lay readers and school students under 16 or students of non-science subjects). The 'detailed' sections are designed for those with some science background (such as science students aged 16 and above) who are looking for in-depth coverage of the science and processes.
We are interested in your feedback; please use the 'contact us' link below to tell us your thoughts and suggestions.
Website Development
- Version:
- 1.0: launched 2002
- 2.0: launched 2007
- 3.0: launched 2008
- Website:
- Liz Cooper-Williams
- Roger Pettett
- Flash:
- Preeti Deshpande
- John Heseltine of Artesanto
- Content:
- Bronwyn Terrill
- Don Powell
- Katherine Mathieson
- Becky Wray
- Thanks to all our reviewers
- Graphics:
- Preeti Deshpande
- Krystyna Wojcik and Paul Crank of Catalyst Design Partnership
- Video:
- Bronwyn Terrill
- Preeti Deshpande
Formal Notices
- Copyright:
- Our copyright notice details how the material on yourgenome may be used.
- Disclaimer:
- We strive to make yourgenome useful, informative, accurate, interesting and enjoyable.
- Our disclaimer gives further detail.
