ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the use of yeast, a mode for the human genome, to analyse the approach of the European Union, where knowledge creation in genomics is both a co-operative and a collective activity often across national borders, in order to assess its effectiveness as an organisational model for large scale genomic research. It analyses the principles underlying the organisational system in Europe and describes the conditions under which this type of approach is effective. The chapter also examines the extent to which certain modes of organisation warrant being adapted and transposed to the sequencing of other organisms. The entire scientific community celebrates the complete sequencing of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome and the making available of genetic information and material. The organisational system adopted in the European Community, based on the guidelines, was coupled with a number of rules which have promoted co-operation between over a hundred laboratories.
