CDC Features - Celebrate National DNA Day on April 25th!

CDC Features - Celebrate National DNA Day on April 25th!

Celebrate National DNA Day on April 25th!

Celebrate the 11th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and learn more about genetics and genomics on National DNA Day, April 25th.

National DNA Day is a special day when teachers, students, and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health has sponsored DNA Day for the past ten years, to commemorate the completion of the Human Genome Project in April 2003 and of Watson and Crick's discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.

This year, DNA Day will be celebrated on Friday, April 25th. On this day and throughout April, researchers from across the country will visit dozens of high schools to talk with students and answer questions about genetics. DNA Day Ambassadors will be part of the USA Science and Engineering Festival taking place at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC April 25-27.

Teachers, students, and the public can learn more and get involved in activities for National DNA Day and by joining the Facebook page for National DNA Day . You can also receive updates by signing up for Twitter .

Learn more about public health genomics at CDC's Office of Public Health Genomics.

Learn more about diseases, genetics and family history.

April 25 is National DNA Day

CDC information: Celebrate the 11th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and learn more about genetics and genomics on National DNA Day

National DNA Day is a unique day when students, teachers and the public can learn more about genetics and genomics! The day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in  2003- from the National Human Genome Research Institute

Join the Facebook page for National DNA Day . You can also receive updates by signing up for Twitter