A History of the E. coli Genome Project at UW-Madison

People of the E. coli Genome Project

    In July of 1991, we began the full-scale genome sequencing of Eschericia coli. It was a hard and agonizing road to completion, involving the efforts of many talented and dedicated individuals. One of the largest problems with collecting data over the course of those many years was keeping sight of the human perspective. Today, sequencing bacteria the size of E. coli has become trivial. We, however, do not wish to trivialize the efforts of any our dedicated staff of professionals and students over the years.

    A partial list of former denizens of the Blattner lab is below. This current version of this list extends to folks involved through the publication of the completed genome in 1997. It was assembled from a previous list compiled by George Mayhew, supplemented by acknowledgments from the genome sequence papers, assorted meeting handouts, and other ephemera. This was put together to mark the 25th anniversary of the completion of the genome. However, we do plan to extend the list to cover the entire span of the project until Dr. Blattner's retirement in 2011.

    If your name appears on this list, and you would like a link to a personal webpage or social media account, let us know. If for any reason you don't want to be listed, please let us know. If you or anyone you know should be on this list, let us know. And if we misspelled a name, let us know. Cheers!

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