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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.
… Caption: A copy of the first page of Martin Rechsteiner’s letter, … argued that the Human Genome Project would not draw new professionals in science and medicine towards the field … to the Coleman, the project “wouldn’t have much appeal for me or my colleagues.”   While it’s true that much of the …
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A social media campaign, organized by NHGRI and its partners, that focuses on healthcare provider genomics education.
… Kong SAR, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Peru, Qatar, South Africa, Spain, Sri … Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a social media campaign from June 5 to June 9, 2023, that … through NHGRI's Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics . Follow on Twitter: …
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NHGRI and George Mason University's Institute for Digital InnovAtion co-host the Computational Genomics Conference, on Wednesday, April 28, 2021.
… NHGRI and George Mason University's Institute for Digital InnovAtion co-host the 2021 Computational Genomics Conference. Computational and data science … and genomic advances benefit all. This workshop features a series of speakers sharing their expertise through use …
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The National Human Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a social media campaign from June 7-11, 2021, that focuses on healthcare provider genomics education.
… Network American Medical Women's Association Association for Molecular Pathology Association of Professors of Human … Illumina Inheret, Inc. International Society of Nurses in Genetics (ISONG) JHMI Las Tunas Teaching General Hospital, … Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a social media campaign from June 7-11, 2021, that focuses on …
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The National Human Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a social media campaign from June 7-11, 2021, that focuses on healthcare provider genomics education.
… Toolkit … NHGRI-Related Resources … Genomics is becoming an increasingly important part of … Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a social media campaign from June 6-10, 2022, that focuses on … Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a social media campaign from June 7-11, 2021, that focuses on …
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.
… The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits … from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics. … View the Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits …
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.
… was increasingly performed in more automated ways using new software tools, which quickly became much more efficient … manual approaches. The Ensembl Project website thus became a key place to get the most up-to-date information about the … name out there, get us out there, Ensembl. I did it almost for PR reasons, as well as for fun, as it were. I definitely …
Community Outreach
NHGRI is proud to help support the PBS documentary, “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History,” based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D.
… series, based on Mukherjee’s best-selling 2016 book, took a journey through key genetics discoveries that are some of … science centers. … Connect your lesson plans to the new PBS documentary with companion resources courtesy of pgEd … Life’s Code Do-It-Yourself Exhibit … pgEd Lesson Plans for the Classroom … Science, social history and personal …
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NHGRI hosts a virtual Q&A with science journalist Angela Saini, author of “Superior: The Return of Race Science” on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
… programmes on the BBC and her writing has appeared in The Sunday Times, Nature, New Scientist, National Geographic, and Wired.  She has won a number of national and international journalism awards.  … …
Archive
… The African Diaspora: Integrating Culture, Genomics and History … Archive …