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The Revolution Continues
Green Offers Tour of Genomic Landscape, Circa 2010 |
| By Rich McManus |
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NHGRI director Dr. Eric Green |
There is a good reason that Lipsett Amphitheater was jammed with attendees
as NHGRI began its modestly titled Current Topics in Genome Analysis course—an institute staple since 1995—on Jan. 12. The 11-lecture series that ends Mar. 23 was launched by NHGRI director
Dr. Eric Green, who in 90 minutes surveyed highlights of what mankind has learned of its genetic heritage starting
before Mendel (1865) to the present.
A postdoctoral fellow at the outset of the Human Genome Project in 1990, Green offered a robust primer of a field that literally exploded during the “genomic revolution” of the 1990s. Having a front-row seat at what is arguably the most significant scientific endeavor of the past century gives Green both authority and a rich fund of metaphor: the 3 billion base pairs that constitute the human genome are an encyclopedia
set that can be rationally broken down into volume, chapter and page. Each passing year offers scholars engaged in deciphering the Book of Life (Green cheerily counts himself among the ranks of “genome geeks”) new insights into its meaning and role in health and disease.
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Anything Is Possible
MIT’s Herr Works to Make Physical Disabilities a Thing of the Past |
| By Valerie Lambros |
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NIMH’s Innovation
Speaker Series is intended to bring astounding people to NIH to offer lectures, but few speakers leave audiences with the feeling of awe that the institute’s guest, Dr. Hugh Herr of MIT, did recently.
“Some time ago, I attended a workshop and we talked about the traits of innovative, creative people,” said Dr. David Armstrong of NIMH in his introduction of Herr. “The characteristic that stuck with me most was this ability and willingness to persist and persevere even when obstacles appear to be insurmountable. That’s Hugh Herr.”
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