The Human Phenotype Ontology project: linking molecular biology and disease through phenotype data

Sebastian Köhler¹, Sandra C Doelken, Christopher J Mungall+44

• ¹Institute for Medical Genetics and Human Genetics, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353 Berlin, Germany, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Mail Stop 84R0171, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge University Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK, Université Paul Sabatier, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, CHU Toulouse, France, Centre for Genomic Medicine, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre (MAHSC), Manchester, UK, Centre for Genomic Medicine, Institute of Human Development, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, MAHSC, Manchester M13 9WL, UK, Institute of Genetic Medicine. Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3BZ, UK, Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Computational Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of Clinical Genetics, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds LS2 9NS, UK, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetic and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK, The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609, USA, Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, University of Leuven, Belgium, Department of Neuropediatrics, University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Campus, 24105 Kiel, Germany, NE Thames Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London WC1N 3JH, UK, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA, Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge and NHS Blood and Transplant Cambridge, CB2 0PT Cambridge, UK, Autism and Developmental Medicine Institute, Geisinger Health System