May 29, 2008 — Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, best known for his 10-year leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP), will step down from his position as director of the National Human Genome Research ...

Dr. Francis Collins has had quite a career. He’s a physician and geneticist who was director of the International Human Genome Project. It successfully sequenced all three billion letters of our DNA, ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Saturday that he has retired, leaving an agency being upended by budget ...

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, MD, PhD, took to Reddit April 20 to answer users’ questions about precision medicine, the Human Genome Project and how he balances religion and ...

FEATUREThe Human Genome Project +5Delivering on the Dream: Biomedical Research in the Genomic Era BY FRANCIS S. COLLINS Francis S. Collins is the director of the National Human Genome Research ...

GEN editors discuss both the news and history of DNA and genetic engineering. We present a recap of the 50 th anniversary of the Asilomar conference, delving into some of the history from the 1975 ...

In The Road to Wisdom, Francis S. Collins reminds us of the four core sources of judgement and clear thinking: truth, science, faith, and trust. Drawing on his work from the Human Genome Project and ...

One of the most exciting things that we had was that we were honored to have Dr. Francis Collins at our President's Choice ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Francis Collins, a renowned geneticist and former longtime director of the National Institutes of Health, announced Saturday that he has retired, leaving an agency being upended ...