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December 1996

• ELSI Evaluation Committee Report: The unanimous report and recommendations from the Joint NIH-DOE Committee to Evaluate the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Program of the Human Genome Project.
• To Know Ourselves, a booklet produced at the request of the U.S. Department of Energy and the Human Genome Project, is an overview of the science underlying the Human Genome Project available at http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/tko or in Adobe Acrobat at http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/tko/tko.pdf. Also available through Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. (12/10/96)
• The FY 1997 Small Business Innovative Research solicitation came available on December 2, 1996, and has a closing date of March 3, 1997. (12/10/96)
• Teaching The Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of the Human Genome Project: A Faculty Summer Institute at Dartmouth College. Application deadline: January 31, 1997. (12/10/96)

November 1996

• Notice of Meeting: Task Force on Genetic Testing
• Gene Discovery Page: organizes existing search engines in a coherent, stepwise fashion providing one of the many strategies that may lead to gene discovery
• HUGO Human Genome Mapping Committee (HGMC) is seeking nominations for membership. This committee, on behalf of HUGO, monitors the progress of genome mapping activities and anticipates and suggests ways of satisfying the longer term needs of the mapping community. The election for membership on the HGMC takes place in the second half of the calendar year with terms of office beginning 1 January. Contact Susan Wallace at HUGO Americas by email at hugo@gdb.org for further information.

October 1996

• Human Genome News Volume 8, Number 1 (July-September 1996) (Oct. 1996)
• Human Genome News now has an indexed archive. (10/22/96)
• Finding genes in GDB - new and improved!
• U.S., Russian Collaborators Devise Near-Perfect Method to Identify Genes Across Species Lines
• The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Maryland will sponsor the course "Genetics in Primary Care" on November 21, 1996 in Towson, MD. For information call 410/706-3956.

September 1996

• Dovichi Wins American Chemical Society Award in Chemical Instrumentation (9/3/96)

August 1996

• Microorganism's Genetic Information Yields Scientific Surprises, Potential Biotech Applications: researchers have sequenced the genome of Methanococcus jannaschii (8/26/96)
• NCHGR-DOE Guidance on Human Subjects Issues in Large-Scale DNA Sequencing (8/26/96)

Prior to August 1996

• Genetic Privacy Legislation: S. 1898--Genetic Confidentiality and Nondiscrimination Act of 1996 available from NCGR
• 6th International Workshop on the Identification of Transcribed Sequences, October 3-5, 1996, Edinburgh, Scotland
• The newsletter is now categorized by subject! Check out these Resources pages: Sequencing; Mapping; Informatics; Education; Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues; and Instrumentation.
• Genomes, Molecular Biology, and Drug Discovery book includes 11 technical papers on speeding up the discovery of human genes, particularly disease genes, and the identification of new targets for drug development.
• The ELSI Working Group (Task Force on Genetic Testing of the National Institutes of Health-Department of Energy Joint Working Group on the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Human Genome Research) will hold a meeting September 24-25, 1996 at the Clarion Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland. Contact: Neil Holtzman, 410-955-7894, fax 410-955-0241. The Interim Principles, subject of this meeting, are available at http://infonet.welch.jhu.edu/policy/genetics.
• Tuskegee University Conference on the Human Genome Project, Tuskegee, Alabama (September 26-28, 1996)
• A biologist-friendly tool for searching genes in the human Genome Database (GDB) is now available. Access http://www.gdb.org and choose "Search by Gene Name or Symbol".
• HGMIS is proud to announce the Genome Related Meetings web site at http://www.ornl.gov/meetings. This site features selected conferences and workshops for genome researchers. Upcoming Meetings provides contacts, registration information, and abstract submission information. Proceedings and Reports provides summaries, agendas, abstracts, and attendee lists of past meetings, as available.
• Summary of principles agreed at the International Strategy Meeting on Human Genome Sequencing (February 1996)
• Directory of National Genetic Voluntary Organizations and Related Resources on WWW
• The 1996 DOE Human Genome Contractor-Grantee Workshop V is now available on this site.
• The Breast Cancer Treatment Center at the Lahey Hitchcock Clinic is offering the course "Hereditary Breast Cancer: An Update for Clinicians," September 6 & 7, 1996, in Washington, DC. For registration call 410/269-6801; for program information call 617/273-8969.
• Catalyzing Career Transitions to Computational Molecular Biology: Postdoctoral Fellowships in Computational Molecular Biology (second announcement)
• Course Announcement: Computational Genomics, October 31 - November 5, 1996. APPLICATION DEADLINE: 15th July 1996. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724. General info at http://meetings.cshl.org/; general enquiries: meetings@cshl.org; fax 516 367 8845; tel 516 367 8346
• GENOMIC INFORMATION: ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS (June 9-12, 1996, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington)
  Course Description: Directed to both genetic scientists and to bioethics scholars with a humanities background, the course is an intensive, advanced workshop emphasizing principles and methods of studying the ethical and social issues relevant to the Human Genome Program. THIS IS THE LAST TIME THIS COURSE WILL BE OFFERED.
• Interim Principles of the Task Force on Genetic Testing, March 1996. (Comments invited by May 31, 1996) http://infonet.welch.jhu.edu/policy/genetics/
• The University of Pennsylvania Conference on Computational Biology will be held at DIMACS and Princeton University, May 17-19, 1996. E-mail barbu@cs.princeton.edu for registration or Tandy Warnow, Department of Computer and Information Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19105-6389, tandy@central.cis.upenn.edu
• A set of five videos is available to provide education on the Human Genome Project and the ethical, legal, and social implications. Contact the HuGEM Project, Georgetown University, Child Development Center, 3307 M Street NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20007-3935.
• New Links! See Gateways to Other Resources
• This site is now SEARCHABLE!
• HGMIS Anonymous FTP Site contains downloadable versions of selected publications
• The DOE Primer on Molecular Genetics is now available as a Acrobat (pdf) file. Visit Adobe for free Acrobat Reader software. The primer is also available on the Web and in hard copy in very limited quantities. Please complete the subscription request form.
• The Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Minnesota will have a one year post-doctoral fellowship available July 1996. Award of $25,000. Applications due by March 15, 1996; call 612/626-9756, Fax: 612/626-9786, e-mail: Olson209@gold.tc.umn.edu.
• To contact the Human Genome Management Information System staff for Human Genome News or other publications please use the new area code 423. The previous code of 615 is no longer valid.
• The NIH National Center for Human Genome Research has announced the dates and times of the current lecture series. Each item is listed separately in the calendar, though a complete listing is available.
• The Center for Plant Biotechnology Research, Tuskegee University, USA, will host a Workshop on Transgenic Plants: Biology and Applications, April 20-22, 1996. Contact C.S. Prakash, e-mail prakash@acd.tusk.edu, phone 334/727-8023, fax 334/727-8552.
• Notice of Hearings and Request for Comments on Issues Relating to Patent Protection for Nucleic Acid Sequences
• BAC Libraries Available
• Chromosome X Virtual Workshop
• Single Chromosome Workshop for Human Chromosome 9
• "Diving Into the Gene Pool" -- New Exhibit at the Exploratorium in San Francisco
• Energy Research Financial Assistance Program Notice 95-15: Human Genome Program - Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications
• ELSI Bibliography: Ethical Legal & Social Implications of the Human Genome Project
• 1994 DOE Human Genome Program Contractor-Grantee Workshop IV
• Revised U.S. Policy for Support of Single Chromosome Workshops
• HUGO Statement on Patenting of DNA Sequences
• NCHGR GESTEC Director's Meeting on Genome Informatics
• DOE Informatics White Paper
• Human Genome Teacher Networking Project

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