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NHGRI appoints Erin Ramos as the next director of the Division of Genome Sciences
As director, Erin Ramos will lead the institute’s extramural programs in basic genomics research.
… Nina Fedoroff and discovered her interests in statistics, genetic analyses and population-level health. Blending her … of Washington. While a graduate student, she studied the genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and …
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NHGRI appoints James Thomas as new director of NIH Intramural Sequencing Center
NHGRI has selected James Thomas, Ph.D., as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), to will oversee the importation and use of DNA sequencing technologies, protocols and analyses, ensuring that NIH investigators have access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing methods and specialized genomics protocols to meet their research needs. 
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Multidrug-resistant pathogens living on the skin spread widely in nursing homes
NIH researchers and their colleagues identified multidrug-resistant pathogens on the skin of residents in nursing homes. They found that these potentially dangerous microbes spread widely among residents, indicating a need for improved testing and infection control measures to protect people in nursing homes and other vulnerable populations.
… spread between individuals by analyzing the unique genetic makeup of each strain. If two individuals have …
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A protein’s unique flexibility may help it respond when viruses attack
NHGRI researchers found that a protein in the immune system is particularly adaptable to mutations.
… which makes the immune system a very interesting genetic space.” The researchers zoomed in on a protein called … which makes the immune system a very interesting genetic space. To test which parts of the protein may be most …
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NIH and National Science Foundation to award $15.4M for RNA research
Funding to advance understanding of RNA biology and development of RNA-based technologies
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Three new approaches tackle challenging design problems in genomics technology development
Researchers funded by NHGRI’s Genome Technology Program include a wide range of investigators with a variety of scientific expertise.