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<div><font size="4">"<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12px" class="Apple-style-span">“The first Korean genome map is by <span id="lw_1249786432_6" class="yshortcuts">Seoul National University</span>”</span></font> </div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">On Jul 14, Joon-Mo Yang, President of <span id="lw_1249786432_7" class="yshortcuts">Korea Genome Organization (KOGO)</span> put an official opinion on which group sequenced and published the first Korean genome sequence. <br />
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It was reported in one of the largest newspaper group "Donga"'s "Donga Science".<br />
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Subtitled as "The Korean Genome Organization expressed opinion on the origin of genome map"<br />
(In Korean, the term "genome map" is usually used as the full genome sequence)<br />
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The following is the translation of the news article:<br />
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“ The Korean genome map by Genomics Institute, Seoul National University is the first one”.</span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">During the teleconference with The Science, President Yang answered as above to the question about what is the opinion of the genomics society on the first Korean genome. He added that “More complete research results are more important that who was the first one”.</span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">On Jul 8, Genomics Institute, Seoul National University announced in a press release that “The genome sequencing results they completed in Sep 2008 will be published in Nature on Jul 9” and “it is the first Korean genome sequencing”. However, <span id="lw_1249786432_8" class="yshortcuts">Korea Research Institute</span> for Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB) and Gachon University of Medicine and Science published “The first Korean <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1249786432_9" class="yshortcuts">genome sequence</span> and analysis” in <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1249786432_10" class="yshortcuts">Genome Research</span> on May 26. There has been dispute which was the first. </span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">President Yang explained; “If two articles were published in journals of the same level, who is first would be important. However, if the levels of journals are different, it does not really matter”; “If articles were published around the similar period of time, It is customary to give priority to the article which has bigger <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1249786432_11" class="yshortcuts">impact factor</span> and more strict reviewing process”.</span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">The impact factor of “Nature”, where the article from Genomics Institute, Seoul National University was published, is 28.751 (year 2007), while that of “Genome Research”, where the article from Gachon University was published, is 11.224. </span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">President Yang said “if Gachon University team had submitted its paper to Nature, their article might have not been accepted or the publication might have been delayed because of long reviewing process if accepted whereas Genomics Institute, <span id="lw_1249786432_12" class="yshortcuts">Seoul National University team</span> might have been able to publish their paper faster if they had submitted the paper to other journals than Nature”.</span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">His claim is that if we put two researches on the same line of “Nature”, it is more probable that Seoul National University would have published earlier than Gachon University, and thus Seoul National University’s result must be regarded as the first one. </span></div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">President Yang said, “ Genome Research is a good jounal, but the publication in Nature that has more thorough reviewing process means that the research result is more precise”.</span></div>
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<div><font size="4">"<span style="FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica; FONT-SIZE: 12px" class="Apple-style-span">“The first Korean genome map is by <span id="lw_1249786432_6" class="yshortcuts">Seoul National University</span>”</span></font> </div>
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">On Jul 14, Joon-Mo Yang, President of <span id="lw_1249786432_7" class="yshortcuts">Korea Genome Organization (KOGO)</span> put an official opinion on which group sequenced and published the first Korean genome sequence. <br />
<br />
It was reported in one of the largest newspaper group "Donga"'s "Donga Science".<br />
<br />
Subtitled as "The Korean Genome Organization expressed opinion on the origin of genome map"<br />
(In Korean, the term "genome map" is usually used as the full genome sequence)<br />
<br />
The following is the translation of the news article:<br />
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“ The Korean genome map by Genomics Institute, Seoul National University is the first one”.</span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px"></span><br />
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">During the teleconference with The Science, President Yang answered as above to the question about what is the opinion of the genomics society on the first Korean genome. He added that “More complete research results are more important that who was the first one”.</span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px"></span><br />
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">On Jul 8, Genomics Institute, Seoul National University announced in a press release that “The genome sequencing results they completed in Sep 2008 will be published in Nature on Jul 9” and “it is the first Korean genome sequencing”. However, <span id="lw_1249786432_8" class="yshortcuts">Korea Research Institute</span> for Bioscience & Biotechnology (KRIBB) and Gachon University of Medicine and Science published “The first Korean <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1249786432_9" class="yshortcuts">genome sequence</span> and analysis” in <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1249786432_10" class="yshortcuts">Genome Research</span> on May 26. There has been dispute which was the first. </span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px"></span><br />
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">President Yang explained; “If two articles were published in journals of the same level, who is first would be important. However, if the levels of journals are different, it does not really matter”; “If articles were published around the similar period of time, It is customary to give priority to the article which has bigger <span style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: hand" id="lw_1249786432_11" class="yshortcuts">impact factor</span> and more strict reviewing process”.</span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px"></span><br />
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">The impact factor of “Nature”, where the article from Genomics Institute, Seoul National University was published, is 28.751 (year 2007), while that of “Genome Research”, where the article from Gachon University was published, is 11.224. </span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px"></span><br />
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">President Yang said “if Gachon University team had submitted its paper to Nature, their article might have not been accepted or the publication might have been delayed because of long reviewing process if accepted whereas Genomics Institute, <span id="lw_1249786432_12" class="yshortcuts">Seoul National University team</span> might have been able to publish their paper faster if they had submitted the paper to other journals than Nature”.</span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px"></span><br />
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">His claim is that if we put two researches on the same line of “Nature”, it is more probable that Seoul National University would have published earlier than Gachon University, and thus Seoul National University’s result must be regarded as the first one. </span></div>
<div style="MARGIN: 0px; MIN-HEIGHT: 14px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px"></span><br />
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<div style="MARGIN: 0px; FONT: 12px Helvetica"><span style="LETTER-SPACING: 0px">President Yang said, “ Genome Research is a good jounal, but the publication in Nature that has more thorough reviewing process means that the research result is more precise”.</span></div>
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