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On October 25-29, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the ASHG Annual Meeting - the world's largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition.
… Hall 3:00 p.m. — 4:45 p.m Complex Traits Sequencing-based genome-wide association study of triglycerides in East Africans Board No. …
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Cari Young and Julie Nadel join NHGRI as public policy and education fellows.
… said. In September, Ms. Young will join the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) as the 14th American … Program in Baltimore, Maryland. During her undergraduate studies at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, Ms. Young … conduct research on RNA, DNA hybrid structures and genome-wide datasets at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. …
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On May 19-20, 2016, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted a two-day workshop where participants were asked to weigh the benefits and risks of sharing aggregate genomic data with secondary users.
…   Roster of Participants … NIH Background Fact Sheet on GWAS Policy Update Workshop on Establishing a Central Resource of Data from Genome Sequencing Projects Report Resolving Individuals … Materials … On May 19-20, 2016, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted a two-day workshop …
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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 … to the assessed total of 24,847 genes at the time (later studies lowered this number to ~20,000). In 2024, Dr. Rowen …
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NHGRI researchers will present four platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of ASHG.
… Britny Kish … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) researchers will present … Diseases Program approach to prioritizing variants from genome-scale sequencing. (Bioinformatics and Genomic … Anthony M. Musolf: Linkage Analyses Reveals Significant Association for Myopia. (Statistical Genetics and Genetic …
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The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) held its ninth in-person meeting on February 25, 2020, in Bethesda, Maryland.
… Director, Cytogenetics Legacy Laboratory Services; Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Christina … Clinical Genetics Program Hemin Chin* NIAAA Eriko Clements Association for Molecular Pathology Heather Collins NLM … of Didactic Education Department of Physician Assistant Studies, GWU Nguyen Roche NIDDK Sara Rogers Director of …
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The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.
… letter, which circulated and spurred the anti-Human Genome Project letter campaign. The first line of the letter reads “The human genome project: mediocre science, terrible science policy.” … … of Kentucky Medical Center, argued that the Human Genome Project would not draw new professionals in science …
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The National Human Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a social media campaign from June 7-11, 2021, that focuses on healthcare provider genomics education.
… American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AAFP) American College … (FDA) Genetic Metabolic Dietitians International (GMDI) Genome Plus, Australia GenomePlus Harvard University … genomics education resources available. The National Human Genome Research Institute and its partners are organizing a …
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NHGRI hosted a CRISPR "Ask Me Anything" with Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., reaching 10.5 million people worldwide.
… Faherty, Ph.D. … On January 18, 2018, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted a CRISPR "Ask Me … Science (CEGS) Research Program in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences, answered nearly a hundred questions about … acting division director, all in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences. Nicole Lockhart, Ph.D., program director, …
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NIH will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with members of its NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) with members of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Ethical, Legal and Social … Research Program, is designed to bring together experts in wide-ranging fields - bioethics, law, behavioral and social … in 1990 to complement the advances made by the Human Genome Project. It was designed to bring together experts in …