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- Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx)1
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- Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program6
- Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Systems (gLHS)2
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- Genomic Innovator Awards2
- Polygenic RIsk MEthods in Diverse populations (PRIMED) Consortium1
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News Release
Researchers have released a new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human populations than what was previously available.
… More complete and sophisticated collection of genome sequences captures significantly more human diversity. … of different genomes from which to compare an individual genome sequence. Like a map of the subway system, the … read. Recent technological advances such as long-read DNA sequencing, which reads longer stretches of the DNA at a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… asked to lead the new NHGRI program. … The Clinical Genome (ClinGen) Resource is an NHGRI-funded program and the … Eighty-Eighth meeting: National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research – Feb. 10 Mendelian Centers RFAs webinar – … the NHGRI Division of Policy, Communications and Education Genome: Unlocking Life's Code January 2020 newsletter … New …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2021 issue of the Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. talks about the NIH UNITE program's goal to end structural racism in biomedical research.
… Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will host a virtual Machine Learning in … Registration is still open on the workshop webpage on genome.gov . All the best, … Provide a conceptual … Harbor Laboratory Tuuli Lappalainen, Ph.D., New York Genome Center Moderator: Paul Liu, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI … A …
Fact Sheet
Genomic variation accounts for some of the differences among people, including important aspects of their health and susceptibility to diseases.
… health and disease. Researchers create reference human genome sequences to help detect genomic variants in each sequenced human genome. On average, a person’s genome sequence is ~99.6% … those that might not yet be known, is to perform genome sequencing. Multiple methods are now available for sequencing …
Fact Sheet
Participation in genomics research is essential for improving the health of everyone.
… come from differences in our DNA sequences. The human genome is more than 3 billion letters long, which means that … represented in genomics research. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is working to enhance the … in genomics research. … The code embedded within the human genome is complex, and genomics research has only scratched …
Statement
NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D, Ph.D., provides remarks for the March 31, 2022 media briefing about the series of publications reporting the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome.
… reporting the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, which has been generated by the Telomere-to-Telomere … human DNA blueprint. But, wait, you say?! Didn’t the Human Genome Project announce the same thing about 19 years ago? … Over the past two decades, all new technologies for sequencing DNA have emerged, among then methods that allow …
Virtual Exhibit
The Gene Sweepstakes — or GeneSweep as it became popularly known — was a three-year-long, sweepstakes-style contest organized by British bioinformatician Ewan Birney, Ph.D., of the European Bioinformatics Institute. Scientists participated in the contest by betting on the total number of protein-coding genes that would be identified in the human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project.
… explore the locations of genes across the immense human genome sequence. Dr. Birney and his colleagues began … in 1999 in anticipation of the completion of the Human Genome Project. As genes were identified, the Ensembl … A flyer from the 2000 Cold Spring Harbor Meeting on Genome Sequencing and Biology. (From NHGRI History of Genomics …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green spotlights the Genome Statute and Legislation Database, which recently received a major revamp to help researchers, policy analysts, and the public more easily find state-level legislation related to genomics.
… 101st meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research . I invite you to watch the Open Session of … legislation. That is why in 2014, NHGRI created the Genome Statute and Legislation Database (GSLD) , which … executive summary and meeting report are also available on genome.gov . … Trainees within the NIH Intramural Research …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details the American Society of Human Genetics' (ASHG) new strategic plan, which aims to get people everywhere to realize the benefits of genomics and genetics research.
… of PCR was instrumental to the success of the Human Genome Project, with PCR-based methods now central to myriad … 87th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will take place on September 16. You can join … Funds Genetic Counseling Resource Ahead of Million-Person Sequencing Effort All of Us Research Program to Expand Public …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green describes the evolution of the NHGRI Intramural Research program over the last three decades talks about its future in conducting truly exceptional basic, translational, and clinical genomics research.
… developed a new tool to help scientists study how a single genome creates all the distinct cells of the human body. The … 99 th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research, as did the co-chairs of the Blue Ribbon … for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) high throughput sequencing and genotyping resource access Native American …