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Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the … available, are the last to be awarded by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human … projects directed at improving the use of nanopores in DNA sequencing or creating nanopore arrays to enable …
Outreach
The DNA Day Starter Kit contains all of the materials you need to plan your classroom or community event.
… Certificate and Fillable Flyer   Logo Package   … The DNA Day Starter Kit contains a style guide and all of the … success.  … Contact us at dnaday@nih.gov . … Questions? … DNA Day Starter Kit … The DNA Day Starter Kit contains all of the materials you need to …
Outreach
Frequently asked questions about National DNA Day - a unique day when students, teachers, and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics.
… What is National DNA Day and why is it important? National DNA Day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953. …
News Release
Research points to the effects of nutrients in how DNA mutates in the mitochondria.
… Research points to the effects of nutrients in how DNA mutates in the mitochondria. … In a very real sense, you … some vitamins can affect one of these essential molecules, DNA.  “You need to create more DNA if you're going to make new cells, and you need to create …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… and the field of genomics. …   The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project is an international collaboration … ENCODE’s public research consortium aims to identify all functional elements in the human and mouse genomes. The …
Media Advisory
NHGRI memorializes genomics champion Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.) with an annual National DNA Day lecture named in her honor.
… who passed away in March, by naming an annual National DNA Day lecture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in … in the House of Representatives that created National DNA Day, which celebrates the completion of the Human Genome Project and the anniversary of the discovery of DNA's iconic structure, the double helix. The first speaker …
News Release
April 25, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, milestones being celebrated as part of National DNA Day.
… National DNA Day commemorates Human Genome Project’s completion and discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure. … Today marks the 20th … Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, milestones being celebrated …
Fact Sheet
Genomic data science is a field of study that enables researchers to use powerful computational and statistical methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequences.
… computational and statistical methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequences.   Estimates predict that genomics research … computational and statistical methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequence. Applied in the …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are reducing the cost of genome sequencing by a million-fold.
… our understanding of evolution. Our genome (that is, our DNA "blueprint") - and in fact the genomes of all life forms … To study the exact order (or  sequence ) of someone's DNA, researchers follow three major steps: (1) purify and copy the DNA; (2) read the sequence; and (3) compare to other …
Talking Glossary
While some sequencing technologies produce reads that are only a few hundred nucleotides long, some methods can generate reads that are thousands to hundreds of thousands of nucleotides long, known as “long-read DNA sequencing.”
… Long-Read DNA Sequencing … While some sequencing technologies produce … of thousands of nucleotides long, known as “long-read DNA sequencing.” … DNA sequencing technologies determine the order of the base …