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The Genomics Landscape
In the August 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the recent launch of the NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award.
… September 26, 2018 at Morehouse School of Medicine. … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … to the genomics enterprise, NHGRI recently launched a new program - the NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award  - that aims to … A Bacterium Reaches Out and Grabs Some New DNA Fetal DNA Sequencing Potentially Could Reduce Need for Invasive …
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.
… in genomics research. … Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … incredibly long, consisting of about 6 billion bases, DNA sequencing machines cannot read all the bases at once. … Phillippy and his team used their newly developed computer program to assemble the many segments of generated sequences. …
The Genomics Landscape
NHGRI medical genetics training programs provide an array of education opportunities
… gene will be known; for non-coding elements in the human genome, such knowledge will be the rule rather than the … gene will be known; for non-coding elements in the human genome, such knowledge will be the rule rather than the … Dr. Shchelochkov will work closely with other NIH training program leaders, in particular Melissa Merideth, M.D., M.P.H. …
Staff
Dr. Ian Nova is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genomic Sciences.
… Ian C. Nova, Ph.D. … Dr. Ian Nova joined the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Extramural Research Program as a program director in 2023. He manages a portfolio … development, focusing on novel tools for nucleic acid sequencing. He is also the program manager for the NHGRI …
News Release
New grants totaling approximately $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome.
… the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome. The awards, made over five years pending the … The funds are necessary for making advances in DNA sequencing technology and computational methods possible. As … fund two centers as a part of a new Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP). “It has grown more and more important to have …
Staff
Dr. Lisa Helbling Chadwick is a program director in Division of Extramural Research at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… Dr. Lisa Chadwick joined the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Extramural Research Program as a program director in 2018. Dr. Chadwick oversees … genetic disorders where strategies such as whole exome sequencing were not successful.   Prior to joining NHGRI, …
News Release
NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough to … device that harnesses electric current to decipher the genome. "Parts of the genome remain hidden, or are extremely … that began in 2004 through the Genome Technology Program. "Direct RNA sequencing is one of the particularly …
Talking Glossary
Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule.
… Nanopore DNA Sequencing … Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the … nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule. … Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details NHGRI's new Diversity in Genomics Workforce Initiative.
… source of information.  The NHGRI History of Genomics Program continues to showcase oral history interviews with … up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. I encourage you to check out … the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science, genome-sequencing centers, and model organism databases. Since its …
Staff
Kris Wetterstrand is the program operations lead in the NIH Division of Extramural Operatons.
… Kris Wetterstrand is the Program Operations Lead in the NHGRI Division of Extramural … of DNA production and cost data from the NHGRI Large-Scale Sequencing Program. Ms. Wetterstrand has over ten years … Large-scale Sequencing Program, which managed the Human Genome Project, the ENCODE Project, an effort to identify …