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Vol.11, No. 3-4   July 2001
Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy Human Genome Program
 
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In this issue...

In the News
* Genomes to Life
* OASCR and GTL
* DOE Microbial Cell Project
* Human Genome Draft
* Genome Perspective
* Honor for DeLisi
* New NIH Institute
* Structural Genomics
* Imaging Structures
* Synchrotron Use
* Proteome Organisation
* Breast Cancer Research
* Gene Expressions Used
* Nuclear Medicine
* Nuclear Medicine Labs
* Toxicogenomics Center
* Kettering Prize
* Zeta Phi Beta Conference
* Microbial Genomes
* Sloan-DOE Fellowships
* Ribosomes Illuminated
* In Memoriam: Walter Goad

Comparative Genomics
 * Model Organism Studies
* Sushi Delicacy
* Arabidopsis Sequence
* AAAS Prize
* Microbial Conference
* Flyer; "Microbe Month"
* VISTA Software
Mouse
* ORNL Mouse Program
* MicroCAT Scanner Used
* Draft Sequence Achieved
* NCBI Mouse Resources
* Human-Mouse Comparisons
* MGI Allele Searching

Web, Publications, Resources
* Next-Generation Computing
* HGMIS Resources
* NSF QSB Report
* Structural Biology Basics
* Minorities and the HGP
* HGP Educational Kit
* Testing, Counseling Resources
* Biotech, ELSI Websites
* Biotech Encyclopedia
* ASM Report
* Nature Yearbook
* Next Wave Publication
* High-School Curriculum
* Education CD-ROMs
* Exploring DNA in the Classroom

Funding
* US Genome Research Funding
* UK Scholarships, PostDocs

Meeting Calendars & Acronyms
* Genome and Biotechnology Meetings
* Training Courses and Workshops
* Acronyms

* HGN archives and subscriptions
uman Genome Project Information home

Biotechnology Institute Publishes Resources for Exploring DNA in the Classroom

With the support of the DOE Human Genome Program, the Biotechnology Institute has published an interactive CD-ROM for 7th to 12th grade classrooms. DNA and Genes Odyssey, which can be used on PC or MAC, contains seven lectures, numerous animations, and an extensive teacher's guide and is accompanied by a short videotape. Lecture topics are "DNA and Genes Basics," "Uniqueness and Inheritance," "Human Genome Program," "Genetic Testing," "Evolutionary Biology," "Careers," and "Predicting the Future." Lecture overheads and teacher materials can be displayed on screen or printed. A teacher survey is available online.

The spring issue of Your World magazine, Cracking the Code, explores the impact of the Human Genome Project. Its publication coincided with the release of a 2-hour television special titled "Cracking the Code of Life," produced by NOVA and WGBH-TV and broadcast on PBS stations (www.pbs.org/wgbh/ nova/genome). Written for 7th to 10th graders, Your World is the magazine of biotechnology fundamentals and applications in healthcare, agriculture, the environment, and industry. The publishers are preparing Cancer and Biotechnology for the fall issue and Microbial Genomics for spring 2002. [Contact for CD-ROM and magazine: 800/796-5806, jeff@biotechinstitute.org; Website]

Text versions of main articles and the teacher's guide for the 1997 Human Genome issue of Your World magazine are on the Web.