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Genome: Unlocking Life's Code Exhibition Closing Symposium
September 30 ~ Washington, DC
September 30 ~ Washington, DC
Genome: Unlocking Life's Code Exhibition Closing Symposium 
Genomics and Global Health: What does the future hold?
When: Sep
tember 30, 2014, at 1 p.m.
Where: National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium
The closing symposium, in partnership with NHGRI, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health focuses on how genomics can prevent, diagnose, treat and cure diseases for individuals, their families and global populations, and what the next decade holds in terms of genomic advances.
The closing symposium includes a day program from 1 p. m.- 5.p.m., and an evening program from 6:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Registration is required for both sessions: go.si.edu/genomefuture
Speakers include: Eric Green (NHGRI), Richard Lifton (Yale University), Pardis Sabeti (Harvard University and the Broad Institute), Charles Rotimi (NHGRI), and Anne Wojcicki (23and Me).
The special evening program features Carolyn Hax, Washington Post Advice Columnist and Barbara Biesecker (NHGRI), who will answer questions related to health, genetics and dealing with disease.
For more information: go.si.edu/genomefuture
tember 30, 2014, at 1 p.m.Where: National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium
The closing symposium, in partnership with NHGRI, the National Museum of Natural History, and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health focuses on how genomics can prevent, diagnose, treat and cure diseases for individuals, their families and global populations, and what the next decade holds in terms of genomic advances.
The closing symposium includes a day program from 1 p. m.- 5.p.m., and an evening program from 6:45 p.m. - 8:45 p.m.
Registration is required for both sessions: go.si.edu/genomefuture
Speakers include: Eric Green (NHGRI), Richard Lifton (Yale University), Pardis Sabeti (Harvard University and the Broad Institute), Charles Rotimi (NHGRI), and Anne Wojcicki (23and Me).
The special evening program features Carolyn Hax, Washington Post Advice Columnist and Barbara Biesecker (NHGRI), who will answer questions related to health, genetics and dealing with disease.
For more information: go.si.edu/genomefuture
The Genome Unlocking Life's Code Exhibition
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
Ongoing Programs
Upcoming Events
Synthesizing Art and Science Through the Senses: Exploring the Aesthetics of DNA (September 23, 2014) [smithsonianassociates.org]
A panel of artisis, scholars and scientists comes together for a fascinating conversation on how arts and popular culture can provide unique insights into the narrative of human history told through our DNA. Afterward, raise a glass to the science and the art of winemaking in a special tasting.
A panel of artisis, scholars and scientists comes together for a fascinating conversation on how arts and popular culture can provide unique insights into the narrative of human history told through our DNA. Afterward, raise a glass to the science and the art of winemaking in a special tasting.
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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]
- Press Release: Genome exhibition to depart Smithsonian for multi-city tour (August 26, 2014)
- 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.dpufNew exhibition makes genome accessible to public
June 13, 2013 - See more at: http://www.genome.gov/#sthash.RbpbfcGX.dpufNew exhibition makes genome accessible to public
June 13, 2013 - See more at: http://www.genome.gov/#sthash.RbpbfcGX.dpufNew 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
The African Diaspora: Integrating Culture, Genomics and History
Videos from the September 12, 2013 Symposium at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
Listen to some well-known scientists respond to the question, "What's a gene?"- 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:
- 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.
- Foundation for NIH Support: Programs in Development: Human Genome Exhibition
- Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Support: Support curiosity, discovery and learning
The Smithsonian NHGRI Exhibition Advisory Board
Learn about the people who helped to create the new exhibition: NMNH/NHGRI Advisory Board
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