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May
2013
Human Microbiome Consortium Virtual Meeting: Approaches in Microbiome Assembly
This is a recording of the HMP webinar presentation held on 05/02/2013. The Webinar recording will familiarize you with the issues critical to producing high quality assemblies and review current state of the art software. We will also present a step-by-step demonstration showing users how to perform an assembly using a procedure similar to what was used for the HMP healthy human subjects study. 
03
May
2013
Booth at ASM 2013 (#639)
The Institute for Genome Sciences will host a booth at ASM 2013 (holding May 18 - 21). Visit us at Booth #639 to learn more about the HMP DACC and other projects and services offered at the institute.
03
Apr
2013
HMP-DACC hosts free webinar: Approaches in Microbiome Assembly
The HMP-DACC is pleased to announce a free microbiome assembly webinar presentation to be held from 12PM - 2PM EST, May 2, 2013...read the announcement for more information. 
26
Nov
2012
New Walkthroughs Available
The DACC is pleased to announce the addition of two new walkthroughs for the Metagenomic Assembly and Bowtie Aligner pipelines. Walkthroughs are step-by-step tutorials taking users through typical HMP analysis paths, complete with sample datasets, details steps, screenshots and example output.
21
Jun
2012
Owen White and Dirk Gevers discuss the HMP on Wisconsin Public Radio
(this is a previously recorded program, originally aired on 6/20/12)Our bodies carry enough microbes to outnumber our human cells by 10 to 1. This hour, Kathleen Dunn is joined by two researchers from the Human Microbiome Project, a research collaboration that is attempting to map, for the first time, the microbes that live in and on the human body. http://hmpdacc.org/ Guests:- Owen R. White, Professor, Epidemiology and Public Health, and Associate Director, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine. - Dirk Gevers, Group Leader, Microbial Systems & Communities, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
13
Jun
2012
DACC website updated in coordination with publication of HMP data
The DACC website has been updated with new content in coordination with the release of 14 HMP consortium papers published in Nature & PLoS analyzing the human microbiome
25
Apr
2012
HMP DACC Reference Genome download page has been updated
The HMP DACC Reference Genome download page was updated on 4/23/12. This represents 748 HMP-sequenced human-associated reference genomes.
19
Mar
2012
Follow the IHMC 2012 conference on twitter using hashtag #IHMC2012
12
Jan
2012
New DACC Data Browser Released
The DACC is pleased to announce the release of an updated HMP Data Browser, allowing access to reference genome, metagenomic shotgun and 16S sequence and value added data.
28
Jul
2011
Expansion of the HMP Project Catalog
The HMP Project Catalog has been expanded to include all human-associated reference genomes, as well as samples included in initial rounds of metagenomic wgs sequencing
23
May
2011
New Datasets available
The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) is now releasing reads and assembled sequences from healthy human subjects for use by the scientific community... read the press release for more information
29
Mar
2011
IHMC 2011 Conference presentations
Presentations from the IHMC 2011 conference in Vancouver are now available on our website.
09
Mar
2011
Follow IHMC 2011 on Twitter!
The International Human Microbiome Conference has begun. You can follow the conference on Twitter at #IHMC11
09
Dec
2010
A new HMP Reference Genome Project Catalog user interface is now available
This improved interface offers the same functionality as the previous one, with improvements in speed, and ease of searchability and filtering. The interface is available through the Reference Genomes tab.
07
Jul
2010
Expanding Knowledge about the Human Microbiome Will Lead to New Clinical Pathology Laboratory Tests
Research into the human microbiome is expected to trigger development of new diagnostic tests that will be offered by clinical pathology laboratories. That's because the organisms that live on us and in us are as unique to individuals as their DNA, and scientists believe these microbes may be just as important to health.
11
Jun
2010
Interactions between human and microbial cells determine health, physical well-being: Researchers
At birth, your body was 100-percent human in terms of cells. At death, about 10-percent of the cells in your body will be human and the remaining 90-percent will be microorganisms. That makes you a "supraorganism," and it is the interactions between your human and microbial cells that go a long way towards determining your health and physical well-being, especially your resistance to infectious diseases.
09
Jun
2010
Data acquisition and coordination key to human microbiome project.
At birth, your body was 100-percent human in terms of cells. At death, about 10-percent of the cells in your body will be human and the remaining 90-percent will be microorganisms. That makes you a "supraorganism," and it is the interactions between your human and microbial cells that go a long way towards determining your health and physical well-being, especially your resistance to infectious diseases.
08
Jun
2010
Forsyth scientists support the Human Microbiome Project
Scientists from The Forsyth Institute are making a significant contribution to the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), which is seeking to identify and sequence the thousands of species of bacteria that inhabit human body surfaces. Forsyth has provided more oral bacteria to the HMP than any other institution. Genome sequences of these bacteria are being determined in collaboration with the four HMP sequencing centers. These sequences will allow the scientific community to analyze the disease-causing potential of oral microorganisms.
27
May
2010
Weinstock Provides Human Microbiome Project Update at ASM
At the American Society for Microbiology meeting, Washington University's George Weinstock outlined progress being made on the Human Microbiome Project.
21
May
2010
Human Microbiome Project: Diversity of Human Microbes Greater Than Previously Predicted
The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) has published an analysis of 178 genomes from microbes that live in or on the human body. The researchers discovered novel genes and proteins that serve functions in human health and disease, adding a new level of understanding to what is known about the complexity and diversity of these organisms.