The first meeting of the HAR will happen online on the 24 September with informal discussions offered by our members. Feel free to share these details with interested colleagues. Friday 24 September 9am-10:30am BST Olwen Purdue Kalle Pihlainen Joanna Wojdon Catherine...

Here are some resources for you to run creative sessions related to the Manchester's DNA project. Each session is self-explanatory and gives opportunity to creatively explore questions of identity, place, and family. They are introductory, encouraging sessions that...

As part of DNA Day 2020 we had an event called 'Family History, DNA and Creativity', an interview with the poet Reece Williams - you can see it here:...

The Double Helix History podcasts are now available: https://anchor.fm/jerome-de-groot/episodes/Double-Helix-History-Podcast-Episode-1-e932i4

This event was on the 15 November, hosted at the Manchester Central Library and featuring workshops by Reece Williams, Mariah Whelan, and Tessa Harris. Photographs of some of the cut-up poems that were made are below. The event was part of the Being Human festival...

We're planning a series of events for DNA Day 2020, the anniversary of Crick & Watson's paper in Nature describing the double helix structure of DNA. It is also 30 years since the beginning of the Human Genome Project. Events will take place all over Manchester...

My article on DNA and Family History - including discussion of ethics, global family history, and the pros and cons of DNA for genealogy - is now on the Who Do You Think You Are? magazine's website:...

Guest blog from Marc Scully, a Social Psychologist at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, and a long time collaborator with the project:A promotional Tweet from Ancestry UK that popped up on my timeline read as follows: “Vikings were known for being ambitious...

We Need YOU To Help Us Understand How Genetics Is Understood Have you had your DNA tested for family history?Are you interested in having your DNA tested for family history investigation?Are you worried about issues to do with privacy, ethics, and biodata?Has testing...

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