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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.
… The beginning of spring brings some good budgetary news for NIH and NHGRI. … significance of their results.     …   In 2003, the Human Genome Project ended with the generation of an essentially … approach of using the best-available technologies for sequencing DNA and pushing them to their absolute limits. In …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 12, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the 20-year anniversary of the publications that reported the draft human genome sequence.
… serve as President Biden’s science advisor and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy … Vision — Generating and analyzing a complete human genome sequence will be routine for any research laboratory, … technologies and the resulting reductions in the cost of DNA sequencing has enabled genome sequencing to …
News Release
Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome sequence.
… have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced … human genomic variation, disease and evolution.”  The cost of sequencing a human genome using “short-read” …
News Release
NIH researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool, called Verso, to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. The software makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more affordable and accessible.
… Software opens the door for a greater number of complete genome sequences. … National Institutes of Health researchers … complete genome sequence.” The T2T consortium used new DNA sequencing technologies and analytical methods to generate …
Profile
Jim Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics.
… Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics. … Anna … What accomplishments in your career are you most proud of? Jim Mullikin: Of course, the Human Genome Project is one …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… class at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Since most of the students in attendance are not majoring in the … website . Applications close in January.   All the best, … Genome-wide detection of somatic mosaicism at short tandem … about having access to the latest, most efficient, and cost-effective genomic technologies. We give them a spark to …
Media Advisory
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… expert panel discuss the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome via virtual conference call on March 31. … The … What: Virtual press conference to announce T2T consortium sequencing a complete human genome Moderator: Eric Green, …
News Release
A new genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed illnesses - even rare childhood diseases - is moving into general medical practice.
… MacDougall … Sooner than almost anyone expected, a new, genome-based technology for demystifying undiagnosed … … "This primer illustrates how rapidly the use of genome sequencing has moved into clinical practice," said NHGRI …
News Release
The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome - the final human chromosome to be fully sequenced.
… team has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome , the final human chromosome to be … a team of researchers funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … sequence particularly difficult to complete. Assembling sequencing data is like trying to read a long book cut into …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… NHGRI will reach another of its many celebrated ‘odometer moments’ this month! The … 100th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR) will take place on September 18 and … dubbed the ‘G5’ and included leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers that produced the largest amount of human …