Search Results

1 - 10 of 183
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how social media provides NHGRI staff with a space to talk about their work, make genomics topics easy to understand, and show how genomics can positively affect people.
… , funding opportunities in genomics, the importance of genomic literacy, and the need to increase the diversity of the genomics workforce. In 2019, NHGRI increased … on Twitter about specific genomics topics, such as genomic medicine, polygenic risk scores, bioethics, genome …
Virtual Exhibit
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.
… as “non-coding DNA,” please visit our Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms .   Dr. Stavnezer recently … policy (as outlined in the  Bermuda Principles ) of the genomic information generated. This kind of policy was made … the ethical and legal consequences of having human genomic information available to researchers. The Ethical, …
Historical Collections
The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own special collections to tell interesting and important stories from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics.
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.
… was GeneSweep, there was the Ensembl Project, an online database to help researchers explore the locations of genes … … Geneticist John Quackenbush, Ph.D., of the Institute for Genomic Research, submitted his final prediction of 118,253 … its importance — delineating the genes that populate the genomic landscape.” --Dr. Lee Rowen … Caption: Dr. Lee Rowen …
File
… Include!families!of!individuals!undergoing!genomic!testing!in!future!studies!¥ … !increases)Increasing)Ancestral,)Socioeconomic)and)Clinical)Diversity)¥ … Design!studies!with!diversity!in!mind,!consistent!with!scientific!goals!¥ … Broaden!all!aspects!of!diversity,!including!workforce!diversity) …
File
… including those participating in Training Grants, the Diversity Action Plan , and several individual fellowship and … program s, all designed to train the next generation of genomic scientists. It is important to collect reliable data … grant to Washington University, St. Louis to develop a database based on REDCap 1 to track and analyze t he …
File
… Justice and Resource Allocation: Implications for the Post-Genomic Era . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … staff members. In recognition of the enormous breadth and diversity of this field, and hence the ReportÕs inability to … research support to scientists in developing countries, a database of voluntary consultants offering expert advice for …
File
… Global Leaders in Genomic Medicine: Genomic Medicine 6 U.S. Department of Health and Human … the Estonian Biobank during one year using PCP, eHealth database, and decision support software MAIN PROJECT - Offer …
File
… ific#opportunities#that# would#use#genomic#assays#of#function … ts,# which#scales#better#than#trying#to#create#a#database#of#all#of#humanJ #biology.#Others# … ● The biochemical features, structural and functional diversity, and evolution of regulatory DNA ● The systematic …
File
… Ser Council issues report on U Leu stop stop A C Sequence Database stop Tr p Mapping and Sequencing the G Consortium … recombinant human subjects develop DNA-sequencing database Huntington’s disease — is mapped the human Gregor … implications (ELSI) programmes genome sequenced RIKEN Genomic Sciences chromosome Yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae …