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Human Genome Project
Record and submit a short video, capturing your thoughts/concerns/excitement about the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. NHGRI would like you to help us commemorate … feeling] about the launch of the Human Genome Project.  Francis Collins Eric Green  … To jumpstart … I first heard of the ambitious effort called the Human Genome Project, I was …  The Human Genome Project influenced …
Genomics 101
Find out how the rapidly emerging field of genomics is transforming our understanding of human health and enabling advances that benefit all of humankind.
… Your genome contains many important clues about you—from your … timely information about genomics research and the human genome. Our resources and partnerships help spark scientific …
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 … directing if the bases are read or not.. For example, in cancer cells, methyl groups are often inappropriately added … in front of genes that would keep the cell in check. Some cancer therapies are drugs designed to stop  these methyl …
About Genomics
NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key policy issues
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… genomics: the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. To amplify that drumbeat, the … performed nearly 6,000 experiments – 4,834 for the human genome and 1,158 for the mouse genome – ENCODE was able to develop an updated and …
About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific feats … to comprehensively study all of the DNA (known as a genome) of a select set of organisms. Launched in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… session prior to the official start of the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology  Meeting on February 27, 2019 in Marco Island, Florida.  … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … Space Study Identifies Link Between DNA-Protein Binding, Cancer Onset Flood of Genome Data Hinders Efforts to ID …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the Human Genome Project receiving the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award.
… 19: NHGRI's 2020 Vision for Genomics " to listen. … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … the National Society of Genetic Counselors, the Human Cell Atlas, and all things microbes with Rob Dunn's laboratory at … Research NIH Completes In-Depth Genomic Analysis of 33 Cancer Types NIH Researchers Use Genomics to Set Squamous …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… significance of their results.   …  In 2003, the Human Genome Project ended with the generation of an essentially complete sequence of the human genome. The project took the practical approach of using the … Norman Sharpless steps down as director of the National Cancer Institute Genome: Unlocking Life's Code March 2022 …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights a strategic planning effort to establish a 2020 vision for genomics.
… the 10,000th day since the official launch of the Human Genome Project. While we celebrated that 'odometer moment,' … capabilities and attention. Three such examples include cancer genomics, microbial genomics, and microbiome research. … has been in place since 2002. … The Human BioMolecular Atlas Program  (HuBMAP) is a new NIH Common Fund program that …