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About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… ** James Watson was the first NHGRI Director and appears here as … More + 1988 From Feb. 29 to March 1, 1988, NIH Director James Wyngaarden assembles scientists, administrators and … Genome Research within the NIH Office of the Director James Wyngaarden.  1989 HHS establishes the National Center …
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.
… totaled $1,200, in addition to an autographed copy of James Watson’s book The Double Helix . The rest of the prize …