02:00pm - 04:00pm  DNA.Land and Genetic Genealogy: A Path for "Tikkun Olam" by Citizen Scientists

Speaker: Yaniv Erlich, PhD Co-Sponsored by JewishGen.org at the Museum of Jewish Heritage DNA.Land is a new not-for-profit online platform developed by scientists at the New York Genome Center and Columbia University, which offers cutting-edge tools to analyze genomic information for non-experts. Anyone who has tested at 23andMe, Family Tree DNA or AncestryDNA, for example, can freely upload their existing genomic information or request to be tested. The tools include automatic algorithms that fill in the missing pieces in the genome using sophisticated mathematical modeling, reveal deep ancestries using comprehensive panels, and generate a relative finder report. In addition, users can decide ...