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Office of Genomic Data Science

Enhancing Opportunities in Computational Genomics and Data Science

NHGRI is committed to increasing the availability of educational and research opportunities in computational genomics and data science (CGDS).

… data science (CGDS). Through recent funding announcements for an Educational Hub and its Partner Sites, we aim to … Sites will enable students at such institutions to obtain a robust foundation in CGDS and facilitate the development of … (PI) Guttman Community College CUNY (City University of New York) Developing an Innovative Genomic Data Science …

Virtual Exhibit

The Human Genome Project is simply a bad idea

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.

… Caption: A copy of the first page of Martin Rechsteiner’s letter, … argued that the Human Genome Project would not draw new professionals in science and medicine towards the field … to the Coleman, the project “wouldn’t have much appeal for me or my colleagues.” While it’s true that much of the …

Historical Collections

Virtual Exhibits

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.

… The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits … from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics. … View the Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits …

Virtual Exhibit

Gene Sweepstakes (GeneSweep)

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 increasingly performed in more automated ways using new software tools, which quickly became much more efficient … manual approaches. The Ensembl Project website thus became a key place to get the most up-to-date information about the … name out there, get us out there, Ensembl. I did it almost for PR reasons, as well as for fun, as it were. I definitely …