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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 …
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, … critical resource for the scientific community interested in how individual genomic variation leads to biological …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps activities from National DNA Day 2019.
… As featured in The Genomics Landscape earlier this year, Dr. Bill Gahl … Research Program’s research efforts to implement genomics in medicine. Further details can be found in the position announcement . Speaking of genomic medicine … Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Biology of Genomes Meeting in May, a Town Hall at NIH in June, and a Town Hall at …
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, … to identify differences - called genetic variants - in the less-studied regions of the genome that are … instructions for making proteins. Instead, they contain DNA sequences that help control gene activity - turning genes …
Staff
Dr. Heidi Parker is an Associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, NHGRI.
… Dr. Heidi Parker is an associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch at the … She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 2004 where she studied the population structure of the … cancer. She is now combining that information with whole tumor sequence, RNA-seq and ChIP-seq to identify not only …
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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 your own DNA Day event … and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix. The symposium explored the evolution and … genomics on society and discover the wide array of careers in genetics and genomics — from scientists to social media …
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. …
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.
… 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. … DNA Sequences, DNA Mapping, Chromosomes … studies; derived from the word “contiguous”) is a set of DNA segments or sequences that overlap in a way that provides …
Talking Glossary
Un carcinógeno es una sustancia, organismo o agente capaz de causar cáncer.
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On April 25, 2023, NHGRI will host 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.
… On National DNA Day, the National Human Genome Research Institute … and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix. The event is free and open to the public. … may be attended in-person or virtually. Visit genome.gov/DNA-Day-2023 for more information. …