NHGRI's Oral History Collection: Interview with Jane Rogers

Jane Rogers, Ph.D., is the former head of sequencing at the Wellcome Sanger Institute. She was also part of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium. In her position at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Dr. Rogers worked closely with John Sulston, PhD to oversee U.K.’s contribution to the Human Genome Project (HGP). Dr. Rogers was instrumental in establishing and managing the Sanger Institute’s large-scale human sequencing infrastructure. She also directed the mouse and zebrafish genome efforts, among others, at the Sanger Institute.

In this interview with the NHGRI Historian Chris Donohue Ph.D., Dr. Rogers discusses her life, career and scientific education, as well as her long-standing collaborations with Dr. John Sulston. Particular highlights of the interview include:

- Discussions of the development of worm and human mapping and sequencing capacity at Sanger.
- The complexities of international partnership in the HGP.
- Detailed discussions of sequencing technology development and testing.
- Key moments in the progress of the HGP and the legacies of John Sulston and others’ stewardship of the UK portion of the HGP.

Thank you NHGRI. Greetings from Jamundi, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.