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Encyclopedia > Roslin Institute

The Roslin Institute is a government research institute near Edinburgh that is sponsored by the UK's Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).


In 1997 Dr Ian Wilmut, Keith Campbell and their colleagues created Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell, at the institute.


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  • The Roslin Institute (http://www.roslin.ac.uk/)

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Roslin Research Groups (274 words)
Scientists at Roslin Institute have been at the forefront of farm animal genomics research at a national and global level from the initiation of the first international farm animal genome project (PiGMaP) in 1990, to the genome sequencing projects in chickens and cattle of recent years.
The Institute is the host for ARK-Genomics, Centre for Comparative and Functional Genomics in Farm Animals – a collaborative centre that provides genomics resources and tools for research groups.
The Institute has also developed and maintains public databases, including the ARKdb database system which provides comprehensive public repositories for genome mapping data from farmed and other animal species, and facilitates the comparative genomics – the sharing of information between species.
talentscotland.com: Roslin Institute (1014 words)
He says, “Roslin Institute is certainly one of the world's leading centres for research on farm and other animals.
The institute started life in 1917 as a department of the University of Edinburgh, going through many changes over the years until it finally changed its name in 1993 to Roslin Institute (Edinburgh).
Roslin’s international outlook is vital – with commercial partners across the whole of its research portfolio, as well as academic and commercial partners the world over.
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