# Telomere-to_telomere (T2T) Symposium: Completing the Human Reference Genome

> **NIH NIH R13** · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · 2020 · $12,700

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
We propose a one-day symposium to recognize the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium’s effort to complete
the first finished map of a human reference genome. This meeting is unique in that it provides an opportunity to
share the many biologically important discoveries that were made in our efforts to complete a human genome,
and the culmination of this work will contribute new variants to include in future biomedical studies. We have
designed the scope and content of the T2T Symposium to meet each of these goals. Speakers are assigned
into the following four sessions: HGP: A Historical Prospective, Technology Innovation, Genome Interpretation,
and Future Outlook: T2T Diploid Assemblies. We anticipate that this event will be attended by genomic
researchers, students, science writers, collaborators in biotechnology sectors, and the general public. Talks will
be live-streamed and posted on our website to broadly share the information presented. The one-day meeting
will comprise four sessions, poster sessions/lightning talks, Q&A panel to discuss the future of T2T genomics,
and breaks to ensure time to network. Our T2T Consortium represents a diverse group of researchers, and this
meeting will aim to reflect this diversity in our invited speakers and participants. Ultimately this one-day meeting
will be used to strengthen the T2T collaborative community and invigorate a new era of T2T genomics.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9994674
- **Project number:** 1R13HG011197-01
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ
- **Principal Investigator:** Karen Hayden Miga
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $12,700
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-05-01 → 2021-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9994674

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9994674, Telomere-to_telomere (T2T) Symposium: Completing the Human Reference Genome (1R13HG011197-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-25 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9994674. Licensed CC0.

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