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Explorers such as Columbus, Magellan and Lewis and Clark have much in common with the researchers who produced the human genome. All of them lived a voyage of discovery. Each found a new world - some by crossing oceans in sailing ships, others by peering inward with powerful new machines that decipher digital information. The explorers and genome researchers both brought back the kind of maps that guide future discoveries and change humankinds' view of the world and itself.
The information below provides historic background on projects led by the National Human Genome Research Institute and its collaborators to answer fundamental biological questions about how the human genome works and to advance the use of this knowledge to improve human health. The background may assist you in developing story ideas and framing questions during the panel discussions with the researchers.
|No.||Time of Day||Topic/Event||Speaker(s)|
|1||8:00 a.m.||Arrive and Get Breakfast|
|2||8:30 a.m.||Welcome and Overview of Day||Eric Green|
Perspective on the Human Genome Project - Past and FuturePresentation Slides:
|4||9:10 a.m.||Reporters Q&A||Francis Collins|
|PANEL ONE - HOW DOES THE GENOME WORK?|
A decade of basic research or how does the genome work?
Q&A with Reporters
|PANEL TWO - GENETIC VARIATION: WHY DOES IT MATTER?|
What's with all the variation in the genome and what does it mean and how is related to health and disease?
|8||10:40 a.m.||Q&A with Reporters|
|PANEL THREE - DISTRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND THE DATA DELUGE|
|11||11:35 a.m.||Q&A with Reporters|
|12||11:55 a.m.||Break to get food|
Luncheon Speaker: Considering the Human Genome from a Patient's Point of View
|14||12:35 p.m.||Q&A with Reporters|
|PANEL FOUR: POPULATION GENOMICS|
Race and Genetics
|16||1:10 p.m.||Q & A with Reporters|
|PANEL FIVE: MEDICAL IMPACT OF GENOMIC RESEARCH|
Genome sequencing in the clinic panel discussion:
|18||1:50 p.m.||Q & A with Reporters|
|PANEL SIX: CREATING MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGHS|
Success Through Traditional Pathways - Creating a New Drug Now Pending FDA Approval
Creating New Pathways to Success - Future Options for the NIH Translational Pipeline: NIH Chemical Genomics Center/Therapies for Rare and Neglected Diseases/Rapid Access to Interventional Development (RAID)
|21||2:40 p.m.||Q & A with Reporters|
|PANEL SEVEN: PRIVACY AND TESTING - WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT?|
|22||2:55 p.m.||Presentation Slides:
|23||3:15 p.m.||Q & A with Reporters|
The Future of Genomics Research: Where Will Tomorrow's Stories Come From?Presentation Slides:
|25||3:50 p.m.||Q & A with Reporters|
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Last Updated: February 7, 2014