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Cloning is the process of making identical copies of an organism, cell, or DNA sequence.
Research Funding
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Pilot Project launched in September 2003 to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence.
… genome was announced by the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium ( Finishing the euchromatic sequence of … sequences from other vertebrate genomes, identified from whole genome shotgun assemblies or obtained by direct … ENCODE-directed efforts, sequence data generated through whole genome sequencing projects will be used in comparative …
Staff
Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… Dr. James Thomas is the director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center. He oversees 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 …
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).
… repeats. The researchers applied the tool to study 460 whole-genome sequences, revealing hundreds of mosaic short … Thomas, Ph.D. , as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) . NISC provides high-throughput DNA sequencing services to the NIH intramural research community, …
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.
… National Institutes of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on … for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), which will use genome sequencing to explore the genomic contributions to common … cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. "Advances in DNA sequencing are creating tremendous new opportunities for …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 12, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the 20-year anniversary of the publications that reported the draft human genome sequence.
… the 1980s discussing the desirability and feasibility of sequencing the human genome, to the U.S. Department of … publication in Nature . “It provided a view of the whole landscape for the first time,” Bob Waterston said about … — and to be able to view it at different levels on a whole genome scale down to the individual sequence data.” …
Educational Resources
A genetic marker is a DNA sequence with a known physical location on a chromosome.
Educational Resources
Gene amplification is an increase in the number of copies of a gene sequence.
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… the project took on a wide range of other goals, from sequencing the genomes of model organisms to developing new technologies to study whole genomes. Besides delivering on the stated goals below, … E. coli, S. cerevisiae, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, plus whole-genome drafts of several others, including C. briggsae, …
Research Training
The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center.
… we will offer partnering institutes access to subsidized exome sequence data on a total of 1,000 NIH Clinical Center … from several sources: a monetary subsidy of $600 per exome from the Director's Challenge Innovation Award Program that is administered by OIR, reduced fee sequencing at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center, clinical …