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Fosters basic and applied research on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research. ​
… June 10-12, 2024 The 6th Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Congress invites all with an … and social issues related to advances in genetics and genomics.  … Since its creation in 1990, the ELSI Research … such basic concepts as belonging and what it means to be human. Of particular interest are studies that explore these …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… and values of NHGRI. … Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's … Department of Energy each establish an Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program. More + 1989-1990 … establish rapid prepublication data release as the norm in genomics and other fields. Project leaders reconvene in …
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November is Family Health History Awareness Month! To celebrate, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host several engagement events over social media on Wednesday, November 17.
… Health History Awareness Month! To celebrate, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host several engagement events over social media on Wednesday, November 17. We encourage you and … Health History Awareness Month! To celebrate, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host several engagement …
News Release
The Genomics and Society: Expanding the ELSI Universe conference focused on issues arising from the ethical, legal and social implications of genomic research.
… testing of women with family histories of breast cancer, genomics is rapidly becoming a fixture in our lives. Genomics … number of issues that spring from the ethical, legal and social implications of genomic research, will be held on June … Connecticut. The conference is funded by The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) through a grant to …
Human Genome Project
Video testimonials from prominent members of the genomics community commemorating and celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Human Genome Project 30th Anniversary Video Selfie … 1, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. Prominent members of the genomics community have joined NHGRI in commemorating and …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is illuminating human and family origins at a level not previously possible.
… Genomics is illuminating human and family origins at a level … greater understanding of the science of genomics, the social construct of race, and the perception of ethnicity. …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us … entirely define you. Well before the completion of the Human Genome Project, researchers began developing tools to … people. When scientists agreed to use the one "reference" human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project …
Staff
Dr. Laura Koehly is the chief of and senior investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… M. Koehly, Ph.D., is chief and senior investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), National Institutes … goals in the Koehly group are to understand how genetics/genomics, biology and social relationships intersect. In one …
About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific … in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the first sequence of the human genome – provided fundamental information about the … to sequence and map all the genes of our species. … About Genomics …
Event
The purpose of this semi-annual lecture series is to bring distinguished researchers whose work sits at the interaction of genomics and the social and behavioral sciences to speak to the NIH community.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) Seminar … researchers whose work sits at the interaction of genomics and the social and behavioral sciences to speak to the NIH community. …