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Students explore the natural world during DNA Day activities

Group photoStudents visited the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) to learn directly from scientists about DNA and how it relates to the natural world. Three hundred middle and high school students spent April 19, 2013, celebrating National DNA Day at the museum, an activity sponsored by NHGRI's Education and Community Involvement Branch. Find out what they discovered. ((more)


NIH launches new genetics education resource

Students High school students, teachers and anyone else interested in genetics now have an educational resource called GeneEd. Developed by the National Library of Medicine in collaboration with the National Human Genome Research Institute, GeneEd explores topics such as cell biology, DNA, genes and chromosomes. (more)


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Chromosome entry in Spanish
NHGRI has launched a new version of the Spanish Talking Glossary to provide a resource to the Spanish-speaking community seeking a better understanding of genetics and genomics. (more)
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NHGRI collaborates with Smithsonian to produce new genome exhibit

Smithsonian Natural History Museum. Photo Courtesy of the SmithsonianTo celebrate the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., will open a high-tech, high-intensity exhibition in 2013. (more)
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Get Ready for National DNA Day 2013!

DNA Day2013 logo National DNA Day 2013 will be celebrated in conjunction with the new Smithsonian Institution NHGRI Exhibition that will open in June 2013 celebrating the 10th anniversary of the sequencing of the human genome.  (Learn more)



Last Updated: May 13, 2013
 

See Also
The Genomics in Medicine Lecture Series 2012-2013

Community Engagement and Community Health Resources

Education and Community Involvement Branch

GenomeTV

NHGRI Webinar Series
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GenomeTV
NHGRI's YouTube Channel

Genetics Education Center
At the University of Kansas Medical Center

Genetics Education & Outreach Network
At The American Society of Human Genetics

National Coalition for Health Professional Education in Genetics
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Glosario hablando de términos genéticos
Multimedia glosario de términos genéticos con ilustraciones descargables.

Del Mapa a Usted
Explora el mundo de la genótica, del Proyecto Humano del Genoma y del futuro del Genómica.

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