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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.
… significance of their results.     …   In 2003, the Human Genome Project ended with the generation of an essentially complete sequence of the human genome. The project took the practical 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.
… Vision — Generating and analyzing a complete human genome sequence will be routine for any research laboratory, … 92nd meeting of the  National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research  will take place on February 22-23. As usual, … the 1980s discussing the desirability and feasibility of sequencing the human genome, to the U.S. Department of …
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.
… published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome … will empower genetic studies of human disease. The full sequencing builds upon the work of the Human Genome Project , …
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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 … software tool to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. This software, … complete genome sequence.” The T2T consortium used new DNA sequencing technologies and analytical methods to generate …
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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 … are you most proud of? Jim Mullikin: Of course, the Human Genome Project is one of the top ones. I started working on …
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).
… website . Applications close in January.   All the best, … Genome-wide detection of somatic mosaicism at short tandem … While the cells in our bodies largely share the same genome, some cells can have genomic differences. This … Thomas, Ph.D. , as the new director of the  NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) . NISC provides high-throughput DNA …
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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.
… discuss the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome via virtual conference call on March 31. … The … 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two … What: Virtual press conference to announce T2T consortium sequencing a complete human genome Moderator: Eric Green, …
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.
… a team of researchers funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … involved in human sexual development are spread across the genome and very complex, giving rise to the array of human … sequence particularly difficult to complete. Assembling sequencing data is like trying to read a long book cut into …
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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 …
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.
… 100th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR) will take place on September 18 and … demonstrate the importance of looking at the entire genome, not just the parts that code for protein, when … dubbed the ‘G5’ and included leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers that produced the largest amount of human …