CIENCIASMEDICASNEWS: Smithsonian NHGRI Genome Exhibition

lunes, 8 de julio de 2013

Smithsonian NHGRI Genome Exhibition

Genome: Unlocking Life's Code

On June 14, 2013, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. opened the high-tech, high-intensity exhibition Genome: Unlocking Life's Code to celebrate the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - in April 2003. The exhibition is a collaboration between the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health.
Beginning in early 2013, the National Human Genome Research Institute began a series of scientific symposia and other public events to celebrate the HGP's completion and the launch of the genome exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History. For a list of those celebratory events, go to: The Genomics Landscape a Decade After the Human Genome Project

The Smithsonian NHGRI Exhibition

Event Press Release: Henry Louis Gates Jr., Host of PBS Series Finding Your Roots, To Appear at Smithsonian Event
Smithsonian Genome Exhibit Unlocks 21st Century Science of Life [From the Voice of America]
UNC Professor Helps Design New Smithsonian Exhibition [From the University of North Carolina]
See NHGRI's Smithsonian Exhibition Media Briefing
Press Release: New Exhibition Makes Genome Accessible to the Public (June 13, 2013)
New exhibition makes genome accessible to public
June 13, 2013 - See more at: http://www.genome.gov/#sthash.RbpbfcGX.dpuf
New exhibition makes genome accessible to public
June 13, 2013 - See more at: http://www.genome.gov/#sthash.RbpbfcGX.dpuf
New exhibition makes genome accessible to public
June 13, 2013 - See more at: http://www.genome.gov/#sthash.RbpbfcGX.dpuf
New exhibition makes genome accessible to public
June 13, 2013 - See more at: http://www.genome.gov/#sthash.RbpbfcGX.dpuf
Exhibition website: Genome: Unlocking Life's Code
National Museum of Natural History Website: Genome: Unlocking Life's Code
From Smithsonian.com: The Work Is Only Beginning on Understanding the Human Genome
An interview with NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. from The Smithsonian.

Information to Enhance Your Visit

What's a Gene?
Listen to some well-known scientists respond to the question, "What's a gene?"
Genome: Unlocking Life's Code: Public Education Programs and Events
The Genomics Landscape a Decade After the Human Genome Project
Information and events about the 10th anniversary of the the Human Genome Project completion.

Past Planning Information:

NHGRI announces collaboration with Smithsonian on genome exhibition
Press Release: NHGRI collaborates with Smithsonian to produce new genome exhibit (May 21, 2012)
NHGRI Director's Comments: NHGRI and the Smithsonian Institution: a new partnership
Additional information: Initial Exhibition Announcement

About the Exhibition's Funding

Funds for the Smithsonian-NHGRI exhibition and related initiatives were raised privately by both the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Already, Life Technologies Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Life Technologies Corp. of Carlsbad, Calif., has pledged $3 million to fund the production of the exhibition itself. Additionally, more than $500,000 has been raised through the Foundation for The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md., and from the Brin Wojcicki Foundation of Palo Alto, Calif.; the Celgene Corporation of Summit, N.J.; Pacific Biosciences of Menlo Park, Calif., Pac Bio president and chief executive officer Mike Hunkapiller, Ph.D., and his wife Beth; the New England Biolabs of Ipswich, Mass.; and from Genentech, Inc. of South San Francisco, Calif.