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HUMAN GENOME PROJECT LEADER TO SPEAK OCT. 29
Oct 23 2008Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute and leader of the Human Genome Project, will discuss "Genomics, Medicine and Society" at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy auditorium.
Faculty, students and staff are invited to attend the presentation, which keynotes Florida Genetics 2008, the annual symposium of the UF Genetics Institute. Collins is widely known for leading the enterprise that successfully mapped and sequenced the human genome, a project that many scientists say rivals the importance of the completion of the periodic table of elements. The Human Genome Project was started in 1990 and was fully completed in 2003. Analyses of the data have already contributed to a better understanding of genetic diseases and will continue for years. For more information about Florida Genetics 2008, please call 352-273-8100 or visit www.ufgi.ufl.edu.
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