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The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… I gave four talks – specifically, at the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore, the National Institute of … for a new competitively awarded grant program for Emerging Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science. With these funds, NHGRI aims …
Fact Sheet
Genomic data science is a field of study that enables researchers to use powerful computational and statistical methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequences.
… The Big Picture Genomic data science is a field of study that enables researchers to use powerful … methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequences.  Estimates predict that genomics research … and software. Increasingly, data analysis and coordination centers are part of research networks and provide these …
News Release
NHGRI hosted a CRISPR "Ask Me Anything" with Jennifer Doudna, Ph.D., reaching 10.5 million people worldwide.
… group that was so popular it landed on the front page of Reddit, reaching a total of 10.5 million people worldwide! … Diseases Dr. Doudna, along with program directors for the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) Research Program in …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 6, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., celebrates the 25th anniversary of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). a well-respected and highly used large-scale DNA sequencing center that exemplifies the evolution of the field of genomics and the ever-increasing abilities to produce prodigious amounts of genomic data.
… operating based on last year’s budget — awaiting passage of a new budget for the current fiscal year. The CR allows … we eagerly await a new budget for Fiscal Year 2023. In September, President Biden announced his intention to … research programs of 13 other NIH institutes and centers joined forces with NHGRI to establish the NIH …
News Release
NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … The National Institutes of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the … such as cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. "Advances in DNA sequencing are creating tremendous new opportunities …
Talking Glossary
Data science involves the study of large, complex data sets that arise from various types of research projects.
… Data Science … Data science involves the study of large, complex data sets that arise from various types of … from various types of research projects. With respect to genomic studies, such work requires expertise in quantitative scientific disciplines such as …
Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities for Investigator-Initiated Research in Computational Genomics and Data Science
The Computational Genomics and Data Science Program Announcements (PARs) invite applications for investigator-initiated research efforts fostering innovation in computational genomics, data science, statistics, bioinformatics, and data visualization and exploration.
… Title Project Number and Details SONG, YUN S UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY Scalable Computational Methods for … Analytical Infrastructure for Multiple Sample Single Cell Genomic Data HG013409  WANG, SHENG UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON … Development of Statistical Methods for Data Harmonization in Molecular Prognostication HG012124 AZIZI, ELHAM COLUMBIA …
Outreach
The USA Science and Engineering Festival is an opportunity to take part in hands-on genetics and genomics activities.
… Join NHGRI staff at the USA Science and Engineering Festival to take part in hands-on genetics and genomics activities. Here we've provided a few examples of activities from past festivals. … Strawberry DNA …
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).
… address to the entering class at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Since most of the students in attendance are not majoring in the … enabling powerful genomics studies across institutes and centers.  “For more than 25 years, NISC has played an …
News Release
Scientists set their sights on chromatin - the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works.
… understand how the genome works. A better understanding of chromatin will yield important insights into the genome's … the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project and the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS), have now taken steps …