Cet engagement, qui a notamment permis le séquençage d'organismes tels que la levure, Bacillus subtillis et Arabidopsis, a suscité un important revirement stratégique de la part de nombreux laboratoires européens, qui étaient jusque là isolés au niveau national.
This commitment, which is reflected in achievements such as the deciphering of Yeast, Bacillus subtilis and Arabidopsis genomes, has triggered an extraordinary shift in the strategy of many European laboratories, which until then had tended to work in isolation at national level.