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News Release
Virtual reality is a rapidly expanding area of tech and gaming and important in medicine and health.
… who use VR to study a host of research questions. … Virtual Reality (VR), one of the most rapidly expanding areas of tech … practice their bedside manner in different scenarios in a virtual world. On February 23, 2018, the National Human …
News Release
Using a virtual reality buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of small decisions mothers make while selecting food for their children.
… buffets - but how do they choose what to eat? Using a virtual reality (VR) buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of … Research Branch (SBRB). She also heads NHGRI's Immersive Virtual Environment Test Unit. Obesity has long been …
Historical Collections
The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own special collections to tell interesting and important stories from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics.
… NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own … and the larger history of genomics. … View the Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … The NHGRI History of Genomics Program …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… high quality, and to organize the worldwide effort. The virtual reunion of the G5 leaders aimed to pull back the … and compete with the publicly-funded project. During the virtual discussion, the G5 leaders described how they … human genome sequence by the HGP. An edited video of this virtual reunion is now available on NHGRI’s YouTube channel, …
Event
NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 27-29, 2020.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting, on May 27-29, 2020. The purpose of the virtual meeting series is to provide an open forum to discuss … who range from grant investigators to trainees. … Virtual … 2020 Advanced Genomic Technology Development …
Event
NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 25-27, 2021.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting, on May 25-27, 2021. The purpose of the virtual meeting series is to provide an open forum to … that effectively serves the entire set of participants. … Virtual … 2021 Advanced Genomic Technology Development …
Virtual Exhibit
The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.
… lunch break. And So by then I was still coming up with the reality of what just happened which is that we had given, I … the human gene count during the Human Genome Project … Virtual Exhibit … Gene Sweepstakes (GeneSweep) … Gene … genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project. … Virtual Exhibit …
Virtual Exhibit
The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.
… the 1990 campaign to oppose the Human Genome Project … Virtual Exhibit … "The Human Genome Project is simply a bad … Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign. … Virtual Exhibit …
Event
NHGRI hosts a virtual Q&A with science journalist Angela Saini, author of “Superior: The Return of Race Science” on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
… Angela Saini: Race, gender and genetics … NHGRI hosts a virtual Q&A with science journalist Angela Saini, author of … Race Science” on Thursday, July 23, 2020. … NHGRI hosts a virtual Q&A with science journalist Angela Saini, author of …
Media Advisory
On January 25, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a virtual roundtable to discuss social and behavioral genetics and genomics, including their benefits, limitations and potential for misuse.
… (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health will host a virtual roundtable to discuss social and behavioral genetics … the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a virtual roundtable to discuss social and behavioral genetics … the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a virtual roundtable to discuss social and behavioral genetics …