When Tuesday 2 July 2024, 12pm – 1pm (AEST)
Where Ella Latham Theatre, Ground Floor, Royal Children’s Hospital (and virtually – Zoom link will be provided in the registration confirmation email).
Registration Registration is free. Tickets to attend in person are available here, or register to attend virtually via Zoom here.
Australian Genomics and the Centre for Population Genomics are co-hosting a special event Creating the Fourth Chapter of Human Genomics featuring international genomics leader Dr Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The coming decade offers great promise for the field of human genomics. The growing insights gained from early studies of DNA and in particular the molecular biology revolution, laid the foundation for the launch of the Human Genome Project over three decades ago. Since then, genomics has become progressively entrenched within the bedrock of the biomedical research enterprise. Capitalising on the momentum of the project’s successful completion in 2003, the field of genomics has since expanded and matured substantially, such that genomics is now central and catalytic in basic and translational research, and studies increasingly demonstrate the vital role that genomic information can play in clinical care. Looking ahead, the anticipated advances in technologies, biological insights, and clinical applications (among others) will lead to more widespread dissemination of genomics throughout biomedical research, a growing adoption of genomics into medical and public-health practices, and an increasing relevance of genomics in everyday life. To capitalise on these opportunities, the National Human Genome Research Institute is working to develop and implement new programs and initiatives that will help create the latest chapter in human genomics, with a particular emphasis on making genomics broadly and equitably integrated in medicine.
About the speaker
Dr Eric Green is the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the US’ National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is the third NHGRI director and was appointed by NIH director Dr Francis Collins in 2009.
Dr Green has been at the Institute for almost 30 years, during which he has had multiple leadership roles. He served as the Institute’s scientific director for seven years, chief of the NHGRI Genome Technology Branch for 13 years and founding director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Centre for 12 years.
For just over two decades, Dr Green directed an independent research program that included integral start-to-finish roles in the Human Genome Project and groundbreaking work on mapping, sequencing, and characterising mammalian genomes.
He earned his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1987 from Washington University in St. Louis; coincidentally, the word “genomics” was coined in that same year. Throughout his career, he has authored and co-authored more than 390 scientific publications. Dr Green has earned several honours and awards, including election to the National Academy of Medicine in 2023.
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