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Genome exhibition to depart Smithsonian for multi-city tour

Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition is going on tour after having completed a 14-month engagement at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.

… Code exhibition is going on tour after having completed a 14-month engagement at the Smithsonian's National Museum of … lectures and celebrations in Washington. Now it is time for the exhibition to travel so that others in North America … and explaining genomics, the exhibition offers visitors a new perspective from which to view oneself - as an …

Virtual Exhibit

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.

… 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 …

Event

Healthcare Professionals' Genomics Education Week

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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2021 Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Week

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 …

Event

2022 Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Week

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 …

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History of Molecular Biology and Genomics Lecture Series

Lectures series that increases understanding of genomics in the scholarly community and presents contemporary research of immediate interest to NHGRI staff.

… Resources … The NHGRI History of Molecular Biology and Genomics Lecture Series emerged out of the Capturing the … of Genomics workshop with the explicit purpose of bringing in talented and well-known historians, sociologists and … series is to increase the understanding of genomics in the scholarly community and to present contemporary …

News Release

Reddit AMA explores ethical, legal and social implications of genomics research

NIH will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with members of its NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.

… 29, 2018, the National Institutes of Health will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) with members of the National … of infectious diseases? What kinds of questions do new technologies like CRISPR-Cas9 raise? The Ethical, Legal … availability of genomic information elevate the need for research on the resultant ethical, legal and social …

Historical Collections

Virtual Exhibits

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

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.

… 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 …

Event

2022 ASHG Annual Meeting

On October 25-29, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the ASHG Annual Meeting - the world's largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition.

… Exhibit Hall 3:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m. Mendelian Phenotypes A novel splice-site variant causes MYH2-associated myopathy … Black Populations: A Review of Lessons Learned and Ideas for Need Based Solutions Board No. PB2197 Calandra Whitted … Repository for Human Genetic Research: biospecimens and a new genomic data search tool Board No. PB2857 Ashley Liautaud …