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The Genomics Landscape
In May 4, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details a report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, that provided a series of recommendations for using population descriptors in future genetics and genomics studies.
… using population descriptors as a proxy to describe human genomic variation. These descriptors have reflected … individuals’ nationality, geography, and ethnicity, but genomic variation is complex and fails to track accurately to … assumptions about the relationship between biological/genomic differences and racial/ethnic categories can …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2018 edition of The Genomics landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights five new educational videos that use poetry and dance.
… to decipher one's ancestral origins. ' Zarko's Story: Genomic Medicine in Action ' reveals the experience of a … to store, share, analyze, and compute across large genomic and genomic-related datasets. This will involve creating a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green spotlights on ELSIhub.
… out that we have added a new temporary section to The Genomic Landscape , one that highlights the “Guiding … on January 25, 2023. NHGRI has a long history of sharing genomic data and strongly supports NIH’s in these increased … of people, far from being representative of humanity’s genomic diversity; additionally, it contained hundreds of …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… sequence to a reference human genome, sequence assembly, genomic variant calling, or annotation. Almost certainly, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… through May 15, 2020. In both the short- and long-term, genomic studies have the potential to yield valuable … diagnostic testing methods and understanding the impact of genomic variation of the host (e.g., humans) on … disseminating program advances, and promoting standards in genomic technologies. … Interested individuals can now …
About NHGRI
The Genomics and Society Working Group advises on planning and priorities for genomics and society activities at NHGRI.
… of Genomics and Society in light of changes in genomics, genomic medicine, and the policy landscape, aiming to …
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… human DNA generated by the Human Genome Project and other genomic research, scientists and clinicians have more … that treatments will be tailored to a patient's particular genomic makeup. Thus, the role of genetics in health care is … to change profoundly and the first examples of the era of genomic medicine are upon us. It is important to realize, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2021 issue of the Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. notes that a number of individuals with strong ties to NHGRI have been nominated and/or appointed to serve on the White House Science Team.
… … The video, presentations, and meeting report of the “Genomic Medicine XIII: Developing a Clinical Genomic Informatics Research Agenda” meeting are now … meeting was to develop a research strategy for the use of genomic-based clinical informatics resources to improve the …
Outreach
The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… populations; and what the next decade holds in terms of genomic advances. A Spectrum of Perspectives: Native Peoples …
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.
… centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases. … The … (CCDG), which will use genome sequencing to explore the genomic contributions to common diseases such as heart … Genomics (CMG), which will continue investigating the genomic underpinnings of rare, typically inherited diseases, …