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The Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy project utilizes a deliberative stakeholder-engagement approach to develop patient educational materials for sickle cell disease gene therapy.
… them make such decisions. … The Democratizing Education Project welcomes your feedback about the sickle cell disease … Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy project invited more than 50 stakeholders to participate in a … leaders, government representatives and researchers.  The project group met over four days in both large and small …
News Release
NIH expands its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, which is creating a fundamental genomics resource scientists to study human health and disease.
… plans to expand its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project, which is generating a fundamental genomics resource … that are being used extensively in studies to interpret genome sequences and to understand the consequence of genomic … Feingold, Ph.D., a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at NHGRI. "These awards provide the …
Staff
Dr. Colin Fletcher is the program director in the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) in NHGRI's Extramural Research Program.
… principally responsible for supervising The Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP). The goal of the KOMP program, expected to be … is now working to implement The Knockout Mouse Phenotyping Project (KOMP2). The goal of this program is to covert the … multiple Institutes. Prior to joining the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), Dr. Fletcher was a …
Staff
Elaine Ostrander is chief of NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… and Comparative Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH. She also heads the Section … where, with collaborators, she began the canine genome project, assembling the foundational resources needed to … is best known, though, for their studies of the domestic dog as a well-phenotyped species with an extensively …
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Data sharing has been a central tenet of the field of genomics since the Human Genome Project.
… a central tenet of the field of genomics since the Human Genome Project. While many recognize that sharing genomic data is … a central tenet of the field of genomics since the Human Genome Project. … Data sharing has been a central tenet of …
Research Funding
The Genomics of Gene Regulation project develops methods to construct predictive, accurate gene regulatory network models using genomic data​​.
… and biological insights gained during the course of the project. These interactions will be important in learning … variation, particularly in non-coding regions of the genome. This is a highly significant problem, as the vast … … Related Content … The Genomics of Gene Regulation (GGR) project develops better methods to construct predictive, …
News Release
NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.
… their use in genomic medicine and research. NIH's Clinical Genome Resource ( ClinGen ) and ClinVar programs address a … genomic variation to human health. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) established ClinGen in 2013 … breakthroughs that improve human health. Learn more at genome.gov . About the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. Check out the latest oral histories … for cirrhosis Scientists use genomics to discover ancient dog species that may teach us about human vocalization …
Educational Resources
Population genomics is the application of genomic technologies to understand populations of organisms.
… to understand populations of organisms. … Gene, Genome, Genetic Variation, Allele, Founder Effect, Genetic Drift, HapMap, Human Genome Project … Population genomics is the large-scale application …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… blueprints for life. … Did you know that just knowing the genome sequence of an organism only reveals part of the story … important to determine how that organism interprets its genome and uses that information to build and operate itself … bit of a mystery! When scientists started the Human Genome Project, they didn't even know how many genes were in the …