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Genoscope

Established	1996
Field of research	Genomics
Director	Jean Weissenbach
Location	Évry, France
Website	www.genoscope.cns.fr

The French National Sequencing Center (Genoscope) was created in 1996 in Évry, France. It has been involved in the sequencing of the human genome.

Details

The Genoscope is a part of the Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA); more specifically the CEA Paris-Saclay center. The site employs around 130 people.^[1][2]