#dna day

[oupacademic]

In honor of National DNA Day, explore the world’s first scientific attempt to digitize an entire botanical garden.

“The Digitalization of Ruili Botanic Garden project” is the world’s first comprehensive digitalization and in-depth bioinformatics analysis of an entire botanical garden. To provide insight into the technical requirements for “planetary scale” genome projects, such as the Earth BioGenome Project, the 761 specimens sequenced nearly triples the number of plant species with available genome data.

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Collage by Sarah Trostle. Images in collage by Huan Liu and Scott Edmunds.

[knithacker]

Channing Hansen Knits Stunning Self-Portraits Based on His Own DNA: 👉 https://wp.me/pjlln-4a0

[smithsonianlibrariesarchives]

Happy DNA Day!

The 1962 Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution holds this image of the helical structure of DNA discovered in 1953. It was in 1962 that James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this discovery (made possible by the work of Rosalind Franklin, who died before the award was given). 

Genetic research is now a mainstay of the Smithsonian, informing much of the work done to identify new species, preserve biodiversity, and even for forensic anthropology. Find publications by Smithsonian authors in Research Online, including many on DNA, and genetics.

[goldkirk]

HAPPY DNA DAY EVERYONE!!!!!

It’s been 65 years since the DNA breakthrough was announced, and 15 years since the Human Genome Project started! What a cool time and here’s a friendly reminder that we share half our DNA with modern bananas and 99.9% with every other human on the planet and that’s rad!!!

[momomikan]

180326  Dな-Day - The new anniversary date in japanese calendar

Apparently, YGEX had applied an anniversary date for Daesung in Japan!! It is official that Daesung’s Birthday (26th of April) is now an anniversary date called ‘Dな-Day’ pronounced as D-NA in the Japan Anniversary Association!  Established by Avex Entertainment Inc. With D-LITE's birthday, April 26th, a member of the world's proud monster group "BIGBANG", "D-LITE Day = D Day", various information will be delivered on the 26th of every month. The thought of being the most important day for D-LITE to meet with fans is put in it. (pic.2)

Source:  kinenbi -  aboutbigbang

[amoebasisters]

Happy National DNA Day! We’ll be posting all things DNA today. :D

[nonbinarypastels]

⚗️🔬 April 25th is National DNA Day! 🔬⚗️

Shoutout to all nonbinary and trans scientists, science students, and just those of you who are learning about science on your own time out of pure self-interest! Whether you are pursuing a career in science or just like reading about it as a hobby, I support you totally! Everyone should support science becoming a more diverse field of study and everyone should support people who want to broaden their knowledge about the world around us!

Also today, let's all take a moment to appreciate the scientists from history whose names and accomplishments have been forgotten, stolen, dismissed, or otherwise erased (such as Rosalind Franklin who helped form our understanding of DNA as we know it but whose contributions were ignored while the male scientists she worked with got all the credit). Just as it's important to look to the future and what possibilities there are for all of us still ahead, it's just as important to look back in the past and acknowledge the people who have shaped our world and what we know about it today--especially those who don't get nearly as much credit as they deserve.

[bigbangbuff]

DNA Day just ended here and Earth Day began, but the Science Club just had another fundraiser in celebration of the former, and this was the button design I made for it this time!  It was a little rushed, but it looks fine when shrunken down to fit on a 2-inch button, haha :’)

We share (about) 50[- 60]% of our DNA with bananas, but everyone’s sequence is slightly different... so you know, you may have one more base in common with bananas than I do.  Or vice versa.  Happy belated DNA Day!

Please DO NOT repost or use this image for anything without my permission & proper credit!