Gene

Scale (ratio)

Biology

Cartography

Computer science

Computational biology

Genetics

Genome

Geography

Data science

Human genome

Science

The Human Genome Project has been the first major foray of the biological and medical research communities into “big science.” In this Viewpoint, we present some of our experiences in organizing and managing such a complicated, publicly funded, international effort. We believe that many of the lessons we learned will be applicable to future large-scale projects in biology.

The Human Genome Project: Lessons from Large-Scale Biology