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Genomics Teaching Tool

An activity that demonstrates how DNA can be isolated from a strawberry using common household items.

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The Human Genome Project is simply a bad idea

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.

… DNA,” please visit our Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms . Dr. Stavnezer recently commented to us … This targeted approach would seek to improve the existing genetic linkage by focusing on sequencing what one critic of … improved our understanding of our genomes and genetic diseases in all of its complexity. … The Human …

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Intramural trainees represent NHGRI at 2015 plain language competition

NHGRI and other NIH institutes recently participated in the high-energy science communications contest called the Three-minute Talk.

… Office director and senior investigator for NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch. "These scientists are still … Branch); Melissa Harris (Research Fellow, Pavan group, Genetic Disease Research Branch). NHGRI TmT … to R: Senta Kapnick (Graduate Student, Schwartzberg group, Genetic Disease Research Branch); Brenna Labarre (Graduate …

Virtual Exhibit

Gene Sweepstakes (GeneSweep)

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.