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© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLCThe Human Genome Organization (HUGO) was initially established in 1988 to help integrate international scientific genomic activity and to accelerate the diffusion of knowledge from the efforts of the human genome project. Its founding President was Victor McKusick. During the late 1980s and 1990s, HUGO organized lively gene mapping meetings to accurately place genes on the genome as chromosomes were being sequenced. With the completion of the Human Genome Project, HUGO went through some transitions and self-reflection. In 2020, HUGO (which hosts a large annual scientific meeting and comprises the renowned HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee [HGNC], responsible for naming genes, and an outstanding Ethics Committee) was merged with the Human Genome Variation Society (HGVS; which defines the correct nomenclature for variation description) and the Human Variome Project (HVP; championed by the late Richard Cotton) into a single organization that is committed to assembling human genomic variation from all over the world. This consolidated effort, under a new Executive Board and seven focused committees, will facilitate efficient and effective communication and action to bring the benefits of increasing knowledge of genome diversity and biology to people all over the world.
Author(s): Lee C, Antonarakis SE, Hamosh A, Burn J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
Year: 2021
Volume: 185
Issue: 11
Pages: 3314-3321
Online publication date: 28/09/2021
Acceptance date: 11/09/2021
ISSN (print): 1552-4825
ISSN (electronic): 1552-4833
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Inc
URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.62512
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62512
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