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The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the 15th anniversary of National DNA Day and the '15 for 15' Celebration.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … In the last issue of The Genomics Landscape , I described … community will celebrate a yearly highlight - National DNA Day. On this day, students, teachers, and the public are … Interview with Lynn Jorde Jeffrey M. Trent Lecture in Cancer Research 2018 - Joan S. Brugge Funding Opportunities …
News Release
Researchers funded by NIH have completed a detailed atlas documenting stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression.
… a detailed atlas documenting the stretches of human DNA that influence gene expression - a key way in which a person's genome gives rise to an observable trait, … Fund and administered by NHGRI, NIMH and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), all part of NIH. As one example of …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps activities from National DNA Day 2019.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … As featured in The Genomics Landscape earlier this year, Dr. Bill Gahl … joins the rest of the country in celebrating National DNA Day, which commemorates two historical milestones: the … April. Jeff began his NIH career in 1991 at the National Cancer Institute, studying inherited factors in cancer in the …
News Release
NIH will fund researchers to develop computational approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease.
… computational approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease. The awards, … (NHGRI)'s Non-Coding Variants Program and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will help researchers develop …
Staff
Dr. Heidi Parker is an Associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, NHGRI.
… Ph.D. … Dr. Heidi Parker is an associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch at the … cancer. She is now combining that information with whole tumor sequence, RNA-seq and ChIP-seq to identify not only …
Event
NHGRI commemorates the life and legacy of genomics champion Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), who passed away in March 2018, by naming an annual National DNA Day lecture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in her honor.
… also responsible for passing a 2003 concurrent resolution 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.  As one of the …
Event
On April 25, 2023, NHGRI hosted a symposium to commemorate two special milestones: the 20th anniversary of the Human Genome Project’s completion and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix.
… About DNA Day DNA Day Activity Ideas Find a DNA Day event near you Plan … genomics on society and discover the wide array of careers in genetics and genomics — from scientists to social media … Visitor Information Request an Accommodation All times are in EDT. … Virtual webinar and In-Person (Lipsett …
Educational Resources
A contig is a series of overlapping DNA sequences used to make a map that reconstructs the original DNA sequence of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome.
… Contig … A contig is a series of overlapping DNA sequences used to make a map that reconstructs the original DNA sequence of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome. … … is a set of DNA segments or sequences that overlap in a way that provides a contiguous representation of a …
Educational Resources
Step-by-step instructions and printable folding paper included in the downloadable document.
… competitor, Cardboard Eric, to see who could fold our DNA origami the fastest. Take a look to see who won!  … You may recognize DNA as one of the most well-known biological structures. But … by Alex Bateman of EMBL-EBI. The most common shape of DNA in living cells is a right-handed double helix called B-DNA. …
… Cáncer de próstata … Prostate cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in the prostate gland, which is part of the male reproductive system. Prostate cancer generally affects men over the age of 50. It is …