FIG
About Us
The Fellowship for Interpretation of
genomes (FIG) is a non-profit
organization focusing on the
development and support of the
computational infrastructure needed
to interpret and annotate genomes.
2003
- Founding Fellows Overbeek, Vonstein, Fonstein, Osterman and Kogan incorporate the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes
- The SEED comparative genomics and annotation environment is created
- First Subsystems are built, introducing the "Subsystems approach to genome annotation"
2004
- Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to participate in the development of the National Microbial Pathogen Data
Resource (NMPDR)
- The Project to Annotate 1000 Genomes is launched
2006
- RAST (Rapid Annotation using Subsystem Technology) server is deployed
2009
- RAST becomes the annotation engine for the Pathosystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) and FIG joins the PATRIC team