In the second keynote talk in GEN’s “The State of Multiomics and NGS” virtual summit, originally broadcast on April 23, 2025, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, former Director at National Institutes of Health and former White House Science Advisor, joins GEN editors to discuss state of genomics, multiomics, and NGS.
Collins speaks about his long experience at the NIH shortly after his abrupt departure following 32 years of service, including a 12 year tenure as the NIH director and previous role as director of the International Human Genome Project Consortium.
He also discusses the 25th anniversary of the HGP, and reflects on the alarming pressure on science and scientists being felt at universities and government organizations.
The entire virtual summit, including sponsored talks with Joseph M. Beechem, PhD, from Bruker, Melanie Janczyk from Scale Biosciences, Robert Meltzer, PhD, from Illumina, Clare Paterson, PhD, from Standard BioTools, and Kian Sadeghi from Sampled, is available to watch free on demand: bit.ly/OMICS25
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