Editing Human Genome Organisation (section)

==History==
HUGO was established at the first meeting on genome mapping and sequencing at Cold Spring Harbor in 1988. The idea of starting the organization stemmed from South African biologist [[Sydney Brenner]],<ref name="genomics1989">{{cite journal |last1=Mckusick |first1=V |title=The human genome organisation: History, purposes, and membership |journal=Genomics |date=August 1989 |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=385–387 |doi=10.1016/0888-7543(89)90077-3|pmid=2676842 }}</ref> who is best known for his significant contributions to work on the genetic code and other areas of molecular biology, as well as winning the 2002 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]].<ref name=fried>{{cite journal|last1=Friedberg|first1=Errol|title=Sydney Brenner (1927-2019) Mischievous steward of molecular biology's golden age|journal=Nature|volume=568|issue=7753|year=2019|pages=459|issn=0028-0836|doi=10.1038/d41586-019-01192-9|pmid= 30988427 |author-link=Errol Friedberg|doi-access=free}}</ref>

A Founding Council was elected at the meeting with a total of 42 scientists from 17 different countries, with [[Victor A. McKusick]] serving as founding President.<ref name="genomics1989" /> In 2016, HUGO was located at the EWHA Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.<ref name="move-to-seoul">{{cite web |last1=Peterson |first1=Joyce |title=JAX Genomic Medicine Scientific Director Charles Lee named president of international Human Genome Organization (HUGO) |url=https://www.jax.org/news-and-insights/2016/march/charles-lee-named-president-of-human-genome-organization# |website=The Jackson Laboratory |access-date=4 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the HUGO headquarters moved to Farmington, Connecticut, US.

HUGO has convened a Human Genome Meeting (HGM) every year since 1996.<ref name="hgm">{{cite web |title=Human Genome Organisation (HUGO) International Ltd. - Human Genome Meeting |url=http://www.hugo-international.org/Human-Genome-Meeting |website=www.hugo-international.org |access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref>

In partnership with geneticist [[Yuan-Tsong Chen]] and Alice Der-Shan Chen, founders of the Chen Foundation, HUGO presents the Chen Award to those with research accomplishments in human genetics and genomics in Asia Pacific.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hugo-international.org/Chen-Award |title= Chen Award |author= <!--Not stated--> |website= Human Genome Organisation |access-date= 2 March 2020 |archive-date= 21 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200221013445/http://www.hugo-international.org/Chen-Award |url-status= dead }}</ref>

In 2020, HUGO merged with the Human Genomic Variation Society (HGVS) and [[Human Variome Project]] (HVP).

=== Presidents ===
* [[Ada Hamosh]] (US)  – 2023–present
* [[Charles Lee (scientist)|Charles Lee]] (South Korea, US) – 2017 to 2023
* [[Stylianos Antonarakis]] (Switzerland) – 2012 to 2017
* [[Edison Liu]] (Singapore) – 2007 to 2012
* [[Leena Peltonen]] (Finland) – 2005 to 2007
* [[Yoshiyuki Sakaki]] (Japan) – 2002 to 2005
* [[Lap-Chee Tsui]] (Canada) – 2000 to 2002
* [[Gert‐Jan van Ommen]] (Netherlands) – 1998 to 1999
* [[Grant Sutherland]] (Australia) – 1996 to 1997
* [[Thomas Caskey]] (US) – 1993 to 1995
* [[Walter Bodmer]] (UK) – 1991 to 1993
* [[Victor McKusick]] (US), Founding President – 1988 to 1991