| 1990-2001 | The Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research was established to generate data for the Human Genome Project. |
| January 2001 | Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome published in Nature. |
| November 2003 | Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard established at 320 Charles St. location. Genetic Analysis Platform, Genome Sequencing Platform, and Biological Samples Platform established. |
| December 2003 | The International HapMap Project paper is published in Nature, with majority of data produced by Broad Genetic Analysis Platform. |
| September 2005 | Genome Sequencing Platform receives 454 GS20 Sequencer, the first “Next Generation Sequencing” instrument to hit the market. |
| December 2005 | NIH launches The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project; Broad Genome Sequencing and Genetic Analysis Platforms team up to pilot the project. |
| September 2006 | Broad installs Solexa Genome Analyzer, with the capability to sequence 1 billion basepairs per run. |
| November 2006 | NHGRI announces Broad Institute as 1 of 3 large-scale sequencing centers for TCGA project. |
| 2007-2009 | Illumina (formerly Solexa) sequencing scale-up; Genome Sequencing Platform scales to 95 instruments, becoming world’s largest sequencing center. |
| 2008-2010 | Developed Automated Sample Preparation Protocols to scale-up library preparation and exome capture protocols. |
| January 2012 | Genome Sequencing Platform, Genetic Analysis Platform, and Biological Samples Platform merge under newly formed Genomics Platform under leadership of Stacey Gabriel. |
| December 2013 | Genomics Platform launches Clinical Research Sequencing Platform (CRSP) to provide physicians and researchers access to CLIA-regulated whole exome sequencing. |
| February 2014 | Genomics Platforms takes receipt of the first HiSeqX sequencer, with the capability of sequencing 8 human genomes per run. |
| September 2014 | All sites move into 320 Charles St., co-localizing the entire Genomics Platform for the first time. |
| October 2014 | All 14 HiSeq X instruments run at full capacity for the first time, demonstrating, on average, the completion of a single human genome every 32 minutes. |
| April 2016 | Whole genome analysis moves to the cloud. |
| 2016 | Total yearly data generation doubles, again. |
| December 2017 | Genomics Platform receives delivery of the first commercially available NovaSeq instrument. |
| April 2018 | On the 15th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project, the Genomics Platform completes sequencing of its 100,000th whole human genome. |
| July 2018 | Data generation hits a monthly high record of 700+ terabases, equivalent to completing a human genome every five and a half minutes. |
| 2018 | Half a dozen new services launch, including Clinical Whole Genome Sequencing, Liquid Biopsy, and Single Cell Sequencing. |
