The Elizabeth H. and James S. McDonnell III Genome Institute provides comprehensive genomic services to Washington University and the scientific community.
Leading the way in high-speed, comprehensive genomics.
We aim to improve the human condition by producing, studying and interpreting high-quality genome-based data that drives biological discoveries.
A Team of Experts
Li Ding, PhD, led a team that analyzed DNA from nearly 10,000 patient tumors across 33 cancer types. They found 300 genes that drive cancer, and more than half of the tumors analyzed had at least one mutation of clinical significance.
Over $1.3B in Research Funding
The McDonnell Genome Institute has received over $1.3 billion in research funding to inform future clinical work and help in the study, diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Latest News
300M letters of DNA are missing from the Human Genome Project
The world’s most famous genetic tool has a major diversity problem.
Quantum leap in parasite worm treatment research
Parasitic roundworms & flatworms (helminths) cause some of the most common yet neglected tropical infectious diseases affecting more than 1B people worldwide.
Relapsed leukemia flies under immune system’s radar
MGI researchers have shown one way relapsed leukemia cells evade the immune system and identified a possible way to reverse the cancer's evasive maneuvers.