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Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the National … available, are the last to be awarded by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome … projects directed at improving the use of nanopores in DNA sequencing or creating nanopore arrays to enable large-scale …
Educational Resources
Non-coding DNA corresponds to the portions of an organism’s genome that do not code for amino acids, the building blocks of proteins.
Infographic
An infographic that explains why it was so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence.
… with a vision. Even with new technologies, genome sequencing is still tough, time-consuming work that requires …
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.
… sequence particularly difficult to complete. Assembling sequencing data is like trying to read a long book cut into … of the human genome, the T2T Consortium applied new DNA sequencing technologies and sequence assembly methods, as …
Research Funding
GS-IT provides sequence analysis tools and software to scientists who rely on genomics in their research.
… … Grantees … Program Staff … Related Content … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools (GS-IT) provides "researcher … biological, biomedical and clinical research. … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools … GS-IT provides sequence …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.
… incredibly long, consisting of about 6 billion bases, DNA sequencing machines cannot read all the bases at once. … clues, like a blue sky,” he said. “The same is true for sequencing the human genome. Until now, the pieces were too … any unique clues, like a blue sky. The same is true for sequencing the human genome. Until now, the pieces were too …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green features the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center.
… and the field of genomics.   … The  NIH Intramural Sequencing Center  (NISC) sits on the top floor of a research … houses the Center's state-of-the-art, high-throughput DNA sequencing facility. In a rather modest start in 1997 under … of its Founding Director Eric Green, NISC began DNA sequencing with six  ABI 377  instruments in lab space …
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.
… will empower genetic studies of human disease. The full sequencing builds upon the work of the Human Genome Project , … genomic variation, disease and evolution.”  The cost of sequencing a human genome using “short-read” technologies, … in assembled genome sequences. The massive drop in DNA sequencing costs comes hand-in-hand with increased …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
… had also accomplished a series of other goals, including sequencing the genomes of a set of model organisms. In fact, … for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) High Throughput Sequencing and Genotyping Resource Access (X01) Limited …
Research Funding
NSIGHT explores the implications, challenges and opportunities with the use of genomic sequence information in the newborn period.
… (ELSI) of the possible implementation of genomic sequencing of newborns.   Each research project collects a … currently screened for in newborns, how can genomic sequencing replicate or augment known newborn screenig … not currently screened for in newborns could genomic sequencing of newborns provide? What additional clinical …