Open Science Day

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and Technology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) invite you to join a live, hybrid event with industry leaders and genome technology developers and users. Recent improvements in the efficiency, accuracy, and complexity of genomic analyses have been driven by new technological advances. The objective of this forum is to provide post-secondary students, postdoctoral associates/fellows and biomedical researchers with a fundamental understanding of how these new technologies are utilized, as well as emerging opportunities and challenges associated with their optimization and use. View past TDCC-sponsored Outreach events on our YouTube Channel.

The afternoon will feature lectures consisting of two thematic areas. The first will focus on emerging technologies for understanding human genome functions. Speakers will discuss genomic technologies that include multi-omic analyses at a single-cell level, genome structure and function, and large-scale analysis of nucleic acid-protein interactions. The second area will focus on technologies for making and sequencing DNA and RNA. Speakers will discuss tools for manipulating and editing DNA, sequencing beyond natural bases, expanding studies of global genetic diversity, and translational control in mammals. The afternoon will culminate with a keynote address from Robi Mitra, PhD, the Alvin Goldfarb Professor of Computational Biology in the Department of Genetics and the Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology at Washington University in St. Louis.

 View past TDCC-sponsored Outreach events on our YouTube Channel.

Registration Deadlines:

• May 30th - In-Person Registration
• June 8th - Virtual Registration

For program-related inquiries, please contact [email protected]; for questions related to event logistics, please contact [email protected]