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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 (Rule 13d-102)


           INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO
                RULES 13d-1(b)(c), AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO
                         FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)

                               (Amendment No. 3)*

                               CURAGEN CORPORATION
                              --------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                          Common Stock, $0.01 Par Value
                          -----------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    23126R101
                               ------------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                                  July 1, 2000
                       ---------------------------------
                      (Date of Event which Requires Filing
                               of this Statement)

Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

                  [ ]    Rule 13d-1(b)
                  [X]    Rule 13d-1(c)
                  [ ]    Rule 13d-1(d)


*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosure
provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).

                         Continued on following page(s)
                               Page 1 of 14 Pages



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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 23126R101                                           Page 2 of 14 Pages


1         Name of Reporting  Person
          I.R.S.  Identification  No. of Above Persons (ENTITIES ONLY)

                  QUANTUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS LDC

2         Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group*

                                                a.       [ ]
                                                b.       [X]

3         SEC Use Only

4         Citizenship or Place of Organization

                  CAYMAN ISLANDS

                            5             Sole Voting Power
Number of                                          2,126,950
  Shares
Beneficially                6             Shared Voting Power
  Owned By                                          0
    Each
Reporting                   7             Sole Dispositive Power
    Person                                         2,126,950
    With
                            8             Shared Dispositive Power
                                                   0

9         Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                                                  2,126,950

10        Check Box If the Aggregate  Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*
                                       [X]

11        Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (9)

                                    5.77%

12        Type of Reporting Person*

                  OO; IV


                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 23126R101                                           Page 3 of 14 Pages


1         Name of Reporting Person
          I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Persons (ENTITIES ONLY)

                  QIH MANAGEMENT INVESTOR, L.P.

2        Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group*

                                                a.       [ ]
                                                b.       [X]

3         SEC Use Only

4         Citizenship or Place of Organization

                  DELAWARE

                            5             Sole Voting Power
Number of                                          2,126,950
  Shares
Beneficially                6             Shared Voting Power
  Owned By                                          0
    Each
Reporting                   7             Sole Dispositive Power
    Person                                         2,126,950
    With
                            8             Shared Dispositive Power
                                                   0

9         Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                                                  2,126,950

10        Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*

                                       [X]

11        Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (9)

                                    5.77%

12        Type of Reporting Person*

                  PN; IA


                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 23126R101                                           Page 4 of 14 Pages

1         Name of Reporting Person
          I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Persons (ENTITIES ONLY)

                  QIH MANAGEMENT, INC.

2         Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group*

                                                a.       [ ]
                                                b.       [X]

3         SEC Use Only

4         Citizenship or Place of Organization

                  DELAWARE

                            5             Sole Voting Power
Number of                                          2,126,950
  Shares
Beneficially                6             Shared Voting Power
  Owned By                                          0
    Each
Reporting                   7             Sole Dispositive Power
  Person                                           2,126,950
   With
                            8             Shared Dispositive Power
                                                   0

9         Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                                                  2,126,950

10        Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*

                                       [X]

11        Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (9)

                                    5.77%

12        Type of Reporting Person*

                  CO


                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 23126R101                                           Page 5 of 14 Pages

1         Name of Reporting Person
          I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Persons (ENTITIES ONLY)

                  SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC

2         Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group*

                                                a.       [ ]
                                                b.       [X]

3         SEC Use Only

4         Citizenship or Place of Organization

                  DELAWARE

                            5             Sole Voting Power
Number of                                          2,408,200
  Shares
Beneficially                6             Shared Voting Power
  Owned By                                          0
    Each
Reporting                   7             Sole Dispositive Power
    Person                                         2,408,200
    With
                            8             Shared Dispositive Power
                                                   0

9         Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                                                  2,408,200

10        Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*

                                       [ ]

11        Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (9)

                                    6.48%

12        Type of Reporting Person*

                  OO; IA


                     * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 23126R101                                           Page 6 of 14 Pages

1         Name of Reporting Person
          I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Persons (ENTITIES ONLY)

                  GEORGE SOROS (in the capacity described herein)

2         Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group*

                                                a.       [ ]
                                                b.       [X]

3         SEC Use Only

4         Citizenship or Place of Organization

                  UNITED STATES

                            5             Sole Voting Power
Number of                                          2,408,200
  Shares
Beneficially                6             Shared Voting Power
  Owned By                                          0
    Each
Reporting                   7             Sole Dispositive Power
    Person                                          2,408,200
    With
                            8             Shared Dispositive Power
                                                    0

9         Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                                                  2,408,200

10        Check Box If the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*

                                       [ ]

11        Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (9)

                                    6.48%

12        Type of Reporting Person*

                  IA


                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


<PAGE>
                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 23126R101                                           Page 7 of 14 Pages


1         Name of Reporting Person
          I.R.S. Identification No. of Above Persons (ENTITIES ONLY)

                  STANLEY F. DRUCKENMILLER

2         Check the Appropriate Box If a Member of a Group*

                                                a.       [ ]
                                                b.       [X]

3         SEC Use Only

4         Citizenship or Place of Organization

                  UNITED STATES

                            5             Sole Voting Power
Number of                                          0
  Shares
Beneficially                6             Shared Voting Power
  Owned By                                         0
    Each
Reporting                   7             Sole Dispositive Power
    Person                                         0
    With
                            8             Shared Dispositive Power
                                                   0

9         Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person

                                                   0

10        Check Box If the Aggregate  Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares*
                                       [X]

11        Percent of Class Represented By Amount in Row (9)

                                    0%

12        Type of Reporting Person*

                  IA


                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                                                              Page 8 of 14 Pages


Item 1(a)      Name of Issuer:

               Curagen Corporation (the "Issuer").

Item 1(b)      Address of the Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

               555 Long Wharf Drive, 11th Floor, New Haven, Connecticut 06511

Item 2(a)      Name of Person Filing:

               The Statement is filed on behalf of each of the following persons
(collectively, the "Reporting Persons"):

               i)   Quantum Industrial Partners LDC ("QIP");

               ii)  QIH Management Investor, L.P. ("QIHMI");

               iii) QIH Management, Inc. ("QIH Management");

               iv)  Soros Fund Management LLC ("SFM LLC");

               v)   Mr. George Soros ("Mr. Soros"); and

               vi)  Mr. Stanley F. Druckenmiller ("Mr. Druckenmiller").

               This Statement relates to Shares (as defined herein) held for the
accounts of Quantum  Partners LDC, a Cayman Islands  exempted  limited  duration
company ("Quantum Partners"), and QIP.

               SFM  LLC  serves  as  principal  investment  manager  to  Quantum
Partners. As such, SFM LLC has been granted investment discretion over portfolio
investments, including the Shares, held for the account of Quantum Partners.

               Effective as of July 1, 2000, Mr.  Druckenmiller ceased to be the
Lead  Portfolio  Manager  of, and is no longer  employed  by, SFM LLC and,  as a
result  of a  reorganization  of SFM  LLC,  the  Management  Committee  has been
eliminated.  Mr.  Druckenmiller  no longer may be deemed the beneficial owner of
securities held for the accounts of Quantum Partners and QIP, and is no longer a
Reporting Person. Mr. Soros is the Chairman and President of SFM LLC.

               QIHMI,  an investment  advisory  firm, is vested with  investment
discretion  over the Shares held for the account of QIP.  Mr.  Soros is the sole
shareholder of QIH Management,  which is the sole general partner of QIHMI.  Mr.
Soros has entered into an  agreement  pursuant to which he has agreed to use his
best efforts to cause QIH Management, as the general partner of QIHMI, to act at
the direction of SFM LLC.

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                                                              Page 9 of 14 Pages


Item 2(b)      Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

               The address of the  principal  business  office of each of QIHMI,
QIH  Management,  SFM LLC and Mr. Soros is 888 Seventh Avenue,  33rd Floor,  New
York,  NY 10106.  The address of the  principal  business  office of QIP is Kaya
Flamboyan 9, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.

Item 2(c)      Citizenship:

               i)   QIP is a Cayman Islands exempted limited duration company;

               ii)  QIHMI is a Delaware limited partnership;

               iii) QIH Management is a Delaware corporation;

               iv)  SFM LLC is a Delaware limited liability company; and

               v)   Mr. Soros is a United States citizen.

Item 2(d)      Title of Class of Securities:

               Common Stock, $0.01 par value (the "Shares").

Item 2(e)      CUSIP Number:

               23126R101

Item 3.        If  this  statement  is  filed  pursuant  to  Rule  13d-1(b),  or
               13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a:

               This Item 3 is not applicable.

Item 4.        Ownership:

Item 4(a)      Amount Beneficially Owned:

               As of July 5, 2000,  each of the Reporting  Persons may be deemed
the beneficial owner of the following number of Shares:

               (i)  Each of QIP,  QIHMI and QIH  Management  may be  deemed  the
                    beneficial  owner  of the  2,126,950  Shares  held  for  the
                    account of QIP  (assumes  the  exercise of 750,000  warrants
                    into 281,250 Shares).

               (ii) Each of SFM LLC and Mr.  Soros may be deemed the  beneficial
                    owner  of  2,408,200   Shares.   This  number  includes  (A)
                    2,126,950  Shares held for the account of QIP  (assumes  the
                    exercise of 750,000  warrants  into 281,250  Shares) and (B)
                    281,250  Shares  held for the  account of  Quantum  Partners
                    (assumes  the  exercise  of 750,000  warrants  into  281,250
                    Shares).

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                                                             Page 10 of 14 Pages

Item 4(b)      Percent of Class:

               (i)  The number of Shares of which each of QIP, QIHMI and QIH may
                    be   deemed   to  be  the   beneficial   owner   constitutes
                    approximately   5.77%  of  the   total   number   of  Shares
                    outstanding.

               (ii) The  number of Shares of which SFM LLC and Mr.  Soros may be
                    deemed to be the beneficial owner constitutes  approximately
                    6.48% of the total number of Shares outstanding.

Item 4(c)      Number of shares as to which such person has:

          QIP
          ---

          (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:                2,126,950

          (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:                     0

          (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,126,950

          (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:        0

          QIHMI
          -----

          (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:                2,126,950

          (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:                     0

          (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,126,950

          (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:        0

          QIH
          ---

          (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:                2,126,950

          (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:                     0

          (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,126,950

          (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:        0


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                                                             Page 11 of 14 Pages


          SFM LLC
          -------

          (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:                2,408,200

          (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:                     0

          (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,408,200

          (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:        0

          Mr. Soros
          ---------

          (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:                2,408,200

          (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:                     0

          (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 2,408,200

          (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:        0


Item 5.        Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:

               As of July 1, 2000, Mr. Druckenmiller ceased to be the beneficial
owner of more than five percent of the Shares.

Item 6.        Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:

               (i)  The  shareholders  of  QIP,   including  Quantum  Industrial
Holdings,  Ltd., a British Virgin Islands  international  business company, have
the right to participate in the receipt of dividends  from, or proceeds from the
sale of,  the  Shares  held for the  account  of QIP in  accordance  with  their
ownership interests in QIP.

               (ii) The  shareholders  of Quantum  Partners,  including  Quantum
Endowment  Fund  N.V.,  a  Netherlands  Antilles  company,  have  the  right  to
participate in the receipt of dividends  from, or proceeds from the sale of, the
Shares held by Quantum Partners in accordance with their ownership  interests in
Quantum Partners.

               Each  of  QIP,  QIHMI  and  QIH  Management  expressly  disclaims
beneficial  ownership  of any Shares  held  directly  for the account of Quantum
Partners.

Item 7.        Identification   and   Classification  of  the  Subsidiary  Which
               Acquired the  Security  Being  Reported on by the Parent  Holding
               Company:

               This Item 7 is not applicable.

Item 8.        Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:

               This Item 8 is not applicable.


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                                                             Page 12 of 14 Pages

Item 9.        Notice of Dissolution of Group:

               This Item 9 is not applicable.

Item 10.       Certification:

               By signing below each  signatory  certifies  that, to the best of
his/its knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired
and  are  not  held  for the  purpose  of or with  the  effect  of  changing  or
influencing  the control of the Issuer of the  securities  and were not acquired
and are not  held in  connection  with or as a  participant  in any  transaction
having that purpose or effect.

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                                                             Page 13 of 14 Pages


                                   SIGNATURES


After  reasonable  inquiry  and to the  best of my  knowledge  and  belief,  the
undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true,
complete and correct.


Date:   July 5, 2000                         QUANTUM INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS LDC

                                              By:  /S/ RICHARD D. HOLAHAN, JR.
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Richard D. Holahan, Jr.
                                                   Attorney-in-Fact


Date:   July 5, 2000                         QIH MANAGEMENT INVESTOR, L.P.

                                              By:      QIH MANAGEMENT, INC.,
                                                       its General Partner

                                              By:  /S/ RICHARD D. HOLAHAN, JR.
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Richard D. Holahan, Jr.
                                                   Secretary


Date:   July 5, 2000                         QIH MANAGEMENT, INC.

                                              By:  /S/ RICHARD D. HOLAHAN, JR.
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Richard D. Holahan, Jr.
                                                   Secretary


Date:   July 5, 2000                          SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC

                                              By:  /S/ RICHARD D. HOLAHAN, JR.
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Richard D. Holahan, Jr.
                                                   Assistant General Counsel


Date:   July 5, 2000                          GEORGE SOROS

                                              By:  /S/ RICHARD D. HOLAHAN, JR.
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Richard D. Holahan, Jr.
                                                   Attorney-in-Fact



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                                                             Page 14 of 14 Pages


Date:   July 5, 2000                          STANLEY F. DRUCKENMILLER

                                              By:  /S/ RICHARD D. HOLAHAN, JR.
                                                   -------------------------
                                                   Richard D. Holahan, Jr.
                                                   Attorney-in-Fact



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