Bioinformatics Vol. 16 no. 1 2000
Pages 65-75
© 2000 Oxford University Press
A brief history of genome research and bioinformatics in France
1 Regulation of Gene Expression, Institut Pasteur, 28 rue du Docteur Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
The development of in silico genomics has progressed slowly in France for a number of political reasons. Two administrative organizations, the Groupement de Recherche sur les Génomes (GREG) and the Groupement de Recherche 1029 (GDR 1029) of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) have been established. These organizations have created the dynamics that hopefully will place France (which coordinated consortia that completed several of the first large microbial genomes) among the developed nations that support Large-Scale Biology.
Contact: adanchin{at}pasteur.fr