2011 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript

This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2011. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.

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What can you tell me about the human barcode project (a science competion in NY at urbanbarcodeproject.org)?
     Mike Dougherty, B.A., Ph.D.: I am currently the director of educational activities for the American Society of Human Genetics (www.ashg.org/education). Before joining ASHG, I taught genetics and biochemistry at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia and studied the formation and transmission of prions, protein-only infectious agents that can cause disease in humans. All I know about the project is what I just learned reading the Web site. However, there are a number of international projects that attempt to do something similar by cataloging human genetic diversity. What we already know is that there is more similarity than difference across the humans from many different populations.
University of Molecular biology and bioinformatics (Higher Education )

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