2007 headquarters cambridge massachusetts united states key people dr. george church founder & chief scientific advisor jorge conde founder sundar subramaniam founder & chairman services human genome interpretation website www.knome.com knome inc. was a human genome interpretation company based in cambridge massachusetts usa . since their 2007 launch knome s sole focus has been on improving lives by applying scientific insights gained from the interpretation of human genomes . their products and services help their clients identify and classify the variants genes and gene sets that are likely to govern or underlie a specific disease tumor or drug response . clients include academic pharmaceutical and medical researchers . in 2015 it was taken over by tute genomics . 1 contents 1 technology 2 products and services 3 timeline 4 in the media 5 references 6 external links technology edit knome has developed proprietary technologies that automate many of the manual tasks involved in interpreting human whole genomes . these technologies are designed to address the informatics and workflow bottlenecks that typically hinder whole genome interpretation . the company s core technology kgap was developed in 2009 and serves as the foundation for a number of knome s products and services including the knosys platform . products and services edit for academic pharmaceutical and medical researchers knome offers knosys platform provides labs with a scalable production grade informatics system for the analysis annotation and interpretation of human next gen sequence data genome exome targeted gene . 2 knomediscovery research services include project driven curation sophisticated informatics and in depth interpretation by knome s team of experienced geneticists . 3 timeline edit 2007 knome was co founded by george m. church based on the recognition that the rapidly falling price of whole genome sequencing would create substantial market need for whole genome interpretation technologies and services . 2008 knome interpreted the genome of the third named person to be sequenced dan stoicescu 4 who followed james watson and craig venter . 2009 knome launched kgap a cloud based informatics engine . 2010 knome successfully assisted researchers at the university of british columbia to identify the sixth known inherited gene defect causing parkinson s disease . 5 2011 kgap 2.0 was released 2012 knome was selected as a technology partner by johns hopkins to analyze 1 000 genomes for asthma study 6 2014 kgap is integrated into the knosys platform as v3 .0 2015 taken over by tute genomics in the media edit new york times in february 2013 the new york times featured the knosys a powerful computer packed with software has arrived to interpret sequences privately within the walls of a lab . 7 nova in march 2012 knome appeared on a special episode of nova cracking your genetic code . in the show knome helped describe how the interpretation of human genomes is helping to solve medical mysteries and revolutionize personal healthcare . 8 faces of america in september 2011 knome was featured in a four part pbs series faces of america with henry louis gates jr. the series followed harvard scholar henry louis gates jr. as he used advanced genetics tools to explore the ancestral histories of 12 renowned americans uncovering unique stories of immigration that illuminate the american experience . on the program knome scientists illuminated the striking mosaic of ancestry in professor gates and his father s genomes tracing their ancestry to africa europe and beyond . by comparing the two genomes to each other they revealed the shared genetic heritage of a father and son including aspects of their health risks and strengths . further by documenting the parts of their genomes that the two men did not share knome s analysis offered a glimpse of the genome of professor gates late mother . 9 ozzy osbourne in 2010 knome famously interpreted the genomes of ozzy and sharon osbourne . the study uncovered notable differences in ozzy s genes that were linked to drug and alcohol response which shed light on how the famously hard living rocker has survived decades of drug abuse . several major news outlets including cnn 10 11 and abc 12 picked up the story . references edit knome take over informatics and genomic interpretation system knosys . knome . human genome research services knomediscovery . knome . http www.nytimes.com 2008 03 04 health research 04geno.html knome assists canadian team identify parkinson s disease gene . bio itworld.com . johns hopkins taps knome to analyze data for 1k genome asthma study . genomeweb . http www.nytimes.com 2013 02 03 business knomes new machine to aid labs in genomic analysis.html nova cracking your genetic code . pbs.org . faces of america know thyself credits faces of america pbs . faces of america . ozzy and sharon osbourne who s healthier . cnn.com . dna day meet the osbournes geneticist . cnn.com . abc news 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