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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.
… in the way scientists thought about human variation and genetics. At a time when racialized nationalisms are a … Q&A with science journalist Angela Saini: Race, gender and genetics … NHGRI hosts a virtual Q&A with science journalist …
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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.
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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.
… of Colleges of Pharmacy (AAFP) American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) American Board of Medical … (ABMGG) and University of Colorado American College of Clinical Pharmacy … CA 91364 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC®)  …
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.
… best-selling 2016 book, took a journey through key genetics discoveries that are some of the greatest …
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.
… approaches exist more harmoniously as both genomics and genetics continues to become more integrated in everyday …
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A social media campaign, organized by NHGRI and its partners, that focuses on healthcare provider genomics education.
… 8: Cancer Genomics/OB-GYN June 9: Rare Diseases/Inclusive Genetics … 2022 Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Week …
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.
… papers about their predictions in the same issue of Nature Genetics. The striking difference in their predictions …