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Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome sequence.
… Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome …
News Release
NHGRI has selected James Thomas, Ph.D., as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), to will oversee 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 their research needs.Â
… innovation in genomics research. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … Consortium to help produce the first complete human genome sequence and a more diversely representative human genome … adapt and implement pioneering methodologies, such as whole-genome sequencing, that were made possible by new …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
… a White House event to announce the completion of a draft sequence of the human genome. The ceremony took place in the East Room of the White … recently published guidance on incorporating genomic data into electronic health records (EHRs). EHRs are a …
OGDS
NHGRI held a second pre-application webinar for potential applicants on the Broadening Opportunities for Computational Genomics and Data Science Education NOFO on September 27, 2023 at 2:00 pm ET.
… Broadening Opportunities for Computational Genomics and Data Science Education NOFO … NHGRI held a second … Broadening Opportunities for Computational Genomics and Data Science Education NOFO on September 27, 2023 at 2:00 pm … Broadening Opportunities for Computational Genomics and Data Science Education NOFO on September 27, 2023 at 2:00 pm …
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NHGRI meeting focused on research that rapidly advances best practices for the implementation of genomic sequence data into clinical care.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored the meeting … develop best practices for the implementation of genomic sequence data into clinical care, as well as research that combines …
Research Funding
NSIGHT explores the implications, challenges and opportunities with the use of genomic sequence information in the newborn period.
… and Human Development (NICHD) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). Funds are used to … of genomic datasets that expand considerably the scale of data available for analysis in the newborn period. Clinical … Green Alan Beggs Brigham and Women's Hospital Genome Sequence-Based Screening for Childhood Risk and Newborn …
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Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… skills to the genomics field in 1997, just as the Human Genome Project was scaling up. He has been involved in many … Project as well as numerous other genome projects. His Sequence Search and Alignment by Hashing Algorithm (SSAHA) … HapMap Project. Dr. Mullikin also developed a whole-genome assembly program, called Phusion. Dr. Mullikin …
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Elena Ghanaim is the Policy Advisor for Data Science and Sharing within the Office of Genomic Data Science (OGDS) at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
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… Elena Ghanaim is the Policy Advisor for Data Science and Sharing within the Office of Genomic Data Science (OGDS) at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). She spearheads NHGRI’s … of Genomic Data Science (OGDS) at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) … Elena Ghanaim, NIH …
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 … Program has released its first genomic dataset , including whole-genome sequences from nearly 100,000 participants from …
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Dr. Shurjo Sen is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences who manages a portfolio of grants focused upon genomic data sciences, and is particularly interested in transitioning genomics from a centralized data repository model to cloud-based collaborative science.
… Shurjo K. Sen, Ph.D. … Dr. Sen joined the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) as an extramural program … and manages a portfolio of grants at the intersection of data science and genomics. Apart from a wide-ranging interest … Shurjo Sen is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences who manages a portfolio of grants focused …