NHGRI and the Education and Community Involvement Branch grant small-funding opportunities for groups to create National DNA Day programs in their community. Read about the DNA Day project winners for 2010.
2010 National DNA Day Essay Questions Now Available
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) invites you to participate in the 5th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest! The contest is open to students in grades 9th - 12th. The winning student will receive $400 and the teacher will receive a $2000 grant for laboratory genetics equipment.
Please visit ASHG DNA Day 2010 for the essay questions, rules and more information. The submission site goes live in January 2010 and the deadline is March 15, 2010 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern. International submissions are welcome.
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From November until April 2008, an e-mail of DNA Day Previews will keep recipients updated on DNA Day activities and resources. This information will also be available on the National DNA Day Web site each month at www.genome.gov/dnaday.
To receive DNA Day Previews, please contact Carla Easter at easterc@mail.nih.gov.
Past News
2008: DNA Day ambassadors reach out to North Carolina high schools On April 25, young scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, more than 200 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in medicine and science from several universities, will visit almost 180 schools as part of DNA Day, an annual commemoration of two key scientific breakthroughs - the discovery of DNA's double helix in 1953, and the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003.
2008: Genes in Motion Genes in Motion was a unique program held during National DNA Day 2007. See the new video documentary created for Genes in Motion to learn more about this program with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
2007: Fifth National DNA Day to Showcase Genomic Discoveries and Careers The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), marks the fifth annual National DNA Day on April 25 with events aimed at building high school students' awareness of genetics and genomics. April 25 commemorates both the discovery in 1953 of DNA's double helix and the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project
Liz Lerman's Ferocious Beauty: Genome, will be presented by the Washington Performing Arts Society at the Atlas Performing Arts Center April 26-29, 2007.
2007: DNA Gets Its Groove On: Genetic Scientists and Liz Lerman Dance Exchange Collaborate on Ferocious Beauty: Genome
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange investigates the startling realities of how knowledge of the genome will change the way we think about aging, perfection, ancestry, and evolution in its new work, Ferocious Beauty: Genome. The company developed the piece through collaborations with thirty-four genetic scientists and researchers from leading universities and government agencies across the country.
2006: Genomic Researchers Head To New England Schools for National DNA Day On the fourth annual National DNA Day, researchers and professionals from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will serve as DNA Day Ambassadors and fan out across the nation, with an emphasis this year on New England.
2005: Students to Chat Online With Leading Genome Researchers For National DNA Day
Students joined NHGRI's Francis Collins and other genomic pioneers in an online chatroom. Also, faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows from the NHGRI will visit high schools across the country as part of the 2005 National DNA Day Ambassador Program.
2004: NHGRI Scientists Return to School for Second Annual DNA Day
On April 30, dozens of researchers and staff from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) headed back to high schools in rural and urban communities across the country to share with students some of the exciting research taking place at the National Institutes of Health.
2003: NHGRI Researchers Go Back to School for National DNA Day
On April 25, dozens of researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) went back to schools in their hometowns and speak to students about the genome revolution, and genetic research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
