The National Center for Gene Research (NCGR) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) is now focused on rice genome re-sequencing for genotyping, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify common genetic factors, comparative genome and transcriptome analysis of indica and japonica, and rice functional genomics as well. In addition, through cooperating with other laboratories, we are also interested in de novo genome sequencing of other plants and vertebrates.