NHGRI's advisory council open session slated for May 21
The 1000 Genomes Project and a new NHGRI initiative are among the topics on the agenda for the open session of the 65th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR). Review the agenda and plan to see the meeting live online beginning at 10:15 a.m., Monday, May 21, 2012.
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Genomic Medicine Centers III meeting video now available
On May 3-4, 2012, NHGRI sponsored Genomic Medicine Centers III to identify possible solutions to genomic medicine implementation and develop approaches for collaboration among genomic medicine centers. NHGRI recorded the meeting for those unable to attend. View the videos
NHGRI to host symposium on model organism Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project
On June 20-21, NHGRI will host a special symposium to celebrate modENCODE, an NHGRI project that nears completion this year. The goal of modENCODE was to create a comprehensive catalog of functional elements in the Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) and Caenorhabditis elegans (worm) and freely distribute the data to the research community. Read more
Colleen McBride, Ph.D., chief of NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch, discussed how genomics can improve public health for the 12th Current Topics in Genome Analysis lecture on April 18th. View the lecture video here, one of the 13-lecture series covering the major topics in genomics and bioinformatics, sponsored by NHGRI's Division of Intramural Research.
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