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Polymorphism involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence.
… involves one of two or more variants of a particular DNA sequence. … Base Pair, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), Genotype, Mutation, Phenotype … Polymorphism, as … to the presence of two or more variant forms of a specific DNA sequence that can occur among different individuals or …
Educational Resources
A codon is a trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid.
… Codon … A codon is a trinucleotide sequence of DNA or RNA that corresponds to a specific amino acid. … Codon, DNA, Nucleotide, Genetic Code, ACGT, Gene, Base Pair … A codon is a DNA or RNA sequence of three nucleotides (a trinucleotide) …
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National DNA Day events give the public a chance to ask questions about genetics and genomics.
… (NHGRI) will celebrate its fourteenth annual National DNA Day on Monday, April 25, 2016. National DNA Day commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953. … NHGRI, part of the National …
News Release
NHGRI marks its fourteenth annual National DNA Day by organizing a nationwide network of educational events for students, teachers and health professionals.
… Institute (NHGRI) will mark its fourteenth annual National DNA Day by organizing a nationwide network of educational … which will offer guided tours of field labs, demonstrate sequencing experiments and provide activities for children. … focus on genomics/genetics topics related to career paths, technology development and education. April 25 : NHGRI will …
News Release
Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating … aging disorder. … Researchers have successfully used a DNA-editing technique to extend the lifespan of mice with the … by a mutation in the nuclear lamin A gene in which one DNA base C is changed to a T. Researchers used the base …
Outreach
A list of high quality educational activities to engage students on DNA Day.
… The DNA Day Team has curated a set of FREE educational materials … activities will provide inspiration for hosting your own DNA Day activity. … DNA Day Origami Activity Create a paper … Lesson Video Library from Massachusetts Institute of Technology View video lessons created by teachers on a number …
Staff
Sangeetha Raghavan is a Senior Licensing and Patenting Manager in NHGRI's Technology Transfer Office.
… as a Senior Licensing and Patenting Manager. She is a technology transfer professional with experience in … with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Sangeetha’s technology transfer career began at the University of Maryland’s technology transfer office in 2008 where she worked as a …
Research Funding
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) aims to identify all functional elements in the human and mouse genomes.
… of Novel Candidate Functional Elements with Bru-Seq Technology UM1 HG009382 Richard Myers Eric Mendenhall … ENCODE ChIP-seq pipeline using endogenously tagged human DNA-associated proteins UM1 HG009411 Charles Lee The Jackson … Encoding genomic architecture in the encyclopedia: linking DNA elements, chromatin state, and gene expression in 3D U01 …
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome … complete sequence of the roughly 3 billion bases in our DNA. When: Thursday, March 31, 2022 (embargo lifts at 2 p.m. … What: Virtual press conference to announce T2T consortium sequencing a complete human genome Moderator: Eric Green, …
Talking Glossary
RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules.
… RNA-seq (RNA Sequencing) … RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method … in the tissue or cell sample, copying those RNAs into DNA and then sequencing the resulting DNA molecules. RNA-seq helps researchers determine which …