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Genome: Unlocking Life's Code 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. Ongoing Programs.
Exhibition Website: unlockinglifescode.org. unlockinglifescode.org.
Information to Enhance Your Visit Information and events about the 10th anniversary of the the Human Genome Project completion. Genome: Unlocking Life's Code - Videos and Animations. (1 video) New.
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Listen to some well-known scientists respond to the question, 'What's a gene?' . Videos from the September 12, 2013 symposium at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Information About The Smithsonian NHGRI Exhibition. Event Press Release:. From the Voice of America.
From the University of North Carolina. Media Availability: (September 30, 2014). Press Release: (August 26, 2014). Press Release: (June 13, 2013).
National Museum of Natural History Website:. From Smithsonian.com: An interview with NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. From The Smithsonian. Past Planning Information. Press Release: (May 21, 2012). NHGRI Director's Comments:.
Additional information: 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:. Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Support: The Smithsonian NHGRI Exhibition Advisory Board Learn about the people who helped to create the new exhibition: Last Updated: May 9, 2017.