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Today, April 25, is National DNA Day, which commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure in 1953. Please join the NHGRI today from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET for the virtual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture. This year’s speaker is Carter Clinton, Ph.D., postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University in the Departments of Anthropology and Biology. He will share his research, which looks to the past to improve our understanding of health disparities in African Americans today, with an emphasis on the importance of diversity in genomic databases. A moderated Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Registration is required: https://nih.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_I-3DVmNJQBivjrSCb_IcDw
The annual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture honors the life and legacy of the late Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.). Congresswoman Slaughter was a strong advocate for genomics research, and her tireless work on the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) helps protect Americans from discrimination in health insurance and employment based on genetic information. She was also responsible for passing the 2003 concurrent resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that created National DNA Day.
For additional information, visit the lecture event page (https://www.genome.gov/20519689/celebrate-dna-day-with-nhgri/#2)
Join us for our next Duke Precision Medicine Forum on April 28, 2022 at 12 p.m. EST 
Virtual webinar with Dr. David Chambers from the National Cancer Institute
Duke School of Medicine Genomic Seminar Series hosted by the Precision Genomics Collaboratory will take place Fri., April 22 from 12 – 1 p.m. EST on Zoom with Diana Bianchi, MD, from National Institute of Child Health and Development
Join us for our next Duke Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine Forum on April 14, 2022 at 12 p.m. EST
The ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting is where geneticists gather for the best four days of medical genetics. Medical genetics is experiencing growth and exciting development in diagnostic and treatment options. Reunite with your peers to learn about updates, hear case studies and experience a recommitment to providing your patients with optimal care.
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will host a virtual workshop entitled “Future Directions in Genomics and Health Equity Research” on April 6-7. The goal of the workshop is to identify research gaps and opportunities that will help to decrease health disparities and improve health equity in genomics.
The U-PGx Personalized Medicine Symposium will be organized, as a HYBRID meeting, in Leiden, the Netherlands on March 30-31, 2022.