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- Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx)1
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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.
… All the best, … Building a vertically integrated genomic learning health system: The biobank at the Colorado … Colorado; that grant is part of the Investigator-Initiated Genomic Medicine Research Program ( PAR-18-735 ). … As … in 2014, NHGRI created the Genome Statute and Legislation Database (GSLD) , which recently received a major revamp to …
News Release
In a large-scale study of people from diverse ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood lipid levels and generated a polygenic risk score to predict elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, a major risk factor for heart disease.
… ancestral groups substantially improves identification of genomic variants associated with blood lipid levels. … In a … ancestries, researchers narrowed down the number of genomic variants that are strongly associated with blood … Health. … Sarah E. Graham et al. The power of genetic diversity in genome-wide association studies of lipids . …
News Release
NIH researchers and collaborators have found that that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations.
… trait. People with sickle cell trait have one copy of the genomic variant that causes sickle cell disease, a genetic …
News Release
NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… calculate polygenic risk scores by comparing the genomic data of people with and without a particular disease. … populations. The new consortium, called PRIMED , will pool genomic information from existing and new datasets to develop … populations. Researchers have used available large-scale genomic datasets to develop the ability to calculate …
News Release
The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… outreach, Carla Easter, Christina Daulton, Belen Hurle, diversity in genomics workforce … The NHGRI Short Course in …
News
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… regardless of genetic ancestry. … To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a … recalibrated these genetic tests using ancestrally diverse genomic data. As reported in Nature Medicine , the optimized … of their genetic ancestry,” said Dr. Lennon. “The diversity of the All of Us dataset was critical for our …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… specifically, the Office of Communications, the Office of Genomic Data Science, and the Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office. All the best, … … used to generate genomic data that will be submitted to a database for future clinical and/or research use. Available …
News Release
NHGRI will provide approximately $5.8 million over five years to create an educational hub for computational genomics and data science. The hub will provide new educational and research opportunities for students of diverse backgrounds, including those from groups historically underrepresented in the biomedical sciences.
… Funding to enhance diversity in genomic data science through cloud computing. … … computing platforms to share educational resources for genomic data science to ensure its accessibility to various …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… – ENCODE was able to develop an updated and much-improved genomic encyclopedia, expanding its provision of critical … will be distributed among four clinical and six "enhanced diversity" clinical sites, with $13.4 million supporting a … ) Project. The goal of dGTEx is to establish a resource database and associated tissue bank for studying …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how the Office of Genomic Data Science (OGDS) is becoming the epicenter for genomic data science at the institute, with numerous collaborations, projects and activities.
… of Charles Rotimi, Ph.D. … With rapid advances in genomic technologies seen over the last two decades, … are now regularly generating massive amounts of genomic data. To meet the growing needs of the field, NHGRI … the AnVIL platform. In partnership with NHGRI’s Training, Diversity, and Health Equity (TiDHE) Office , OGDS organized …