July 23, 2008
On April 14th of 2006, which was exactly three years after the date of declaration of completion of deciphering the human genome, we released a poster showing a map of the human genome "A Human Genome Map for Every Home". The poster was designed to introduce genome science.
So far, over 140,000 posters have been distributed. In particular, 40,000 posters have been distributed to elementary, junior high, and senior high schools throughout Japan. In addition, PDF files of various sizes have been downloadable freely. In the way, the poster has played a role as introducing genome science to many people.
However, the poster had a limited use because the texts of the poster were written in Japanese. Therefore, we produced an English version of “A Human Genome Map for Every Home” for people around the world. We hope the poster will be used all over the world.
Laboratory of Science Communication and Bioethics, Graduate School of Biostudies
Kei Kano, Chisato Sakai, Masahiro Kawakami and Kaori Muroi
Institute for Research in Humanities / Laboratory of Science Communication and Bioethics, Graduate School of Biostudies
Kazuto Kato
Downloadable files are here
http://stw.mext.go.jp/20080714/(External Link)