will have their genomes sequenced to predict their individual risks of disease and esponse to drug The data generated by the 1000 Genomes Project will be held by and distributed from the European Bioinformatics Institute(EBI)and the National Center for Biotechnology Information(NCBI), which is part of NIH. There will also be a mirror site for data access at bGi Shenzhen In addition to a catalog of variants the data will include information about surrounding variation that can speed identification of the most important variants To learn more about the 1000 Genomes Project as the effort develops, and to read A Workshop to Plan a Deep Catalog of Human Genetic Variation, which summarizes themeetingthatlaidthegroundworkfortheprojectgotowww.1000genomes.org ##5 will have their genomes sequenced to predict their individual risks of disease and response to drugs. The data generated by the 1000 Genomes Project will be held by and distributed from the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), which is part of NIH. There will also be a mirror site for data access at BGI Shenzhen. In addition to a catalog of variants, the data will include information about surrounding variation that can speed identification of the most important variants. To learn more about the 1000 Genomes Project as the effort develops, and to read A Workshop to Plan a Deep Catalog of Human Genetic Variation, which summarizes the meeting that laid the groundwork for the project, go to www.1000genomes.org. ###