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Christina R. Daulton serves as the Partnerships and Engagement Officer at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in the Office of the Deputy Director and the Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office.
… as the Partnerships and Engagement Officer at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in the Office of the Deputy Director and the Training, Diversity, and …
Infographic
An infographic that explains why it was so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence.
… Why was it so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence? The Human Genome Project ended in 2003, but genomic researchers had not yet determined every last base (or letter) of the human genome sequence. Instead, they had only …
National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research
The Director's Report Related documents contain links to materials supplemental to Dr. Eric Green's Director's Report presentation to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in February 2021.
… Vision Scientific American – A Vision for the Next Decade of Human Genomics Research Forbes - How Human Genome Sequencing … Genomics NOT-HG-21-014 - Notice of NIH Participation in the National Science Foundation Enabling Discovery through …
National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research
The Director's Report Related documents contain links to materials supplemental to Dr. Eric Green's Director's Report presentation to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in May 2019.
… Year 2020 Appropriations Process 8 Mourning the Loss of Sydney Brenner 9 Elected to National Academy of Sciences … Statement: Responsibility to Recontact 12 Genomics In the News The NASA Twins Study: A Multidimensional Analysis of a Year-Long Human Spaceflight Adopt a Moratorium on Heritable Genome …
News Release
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.
… have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project … sequence of the roughly 3 billion bases (or “letters”) in our DNA is critical for understanding the full spectrum of …
Virtual Exhibit
The Human Genome Project changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.
… Caption: A copy of the first page of Martin Rechsteiner’s letter, which circulated and spurred the anti-Human Genome Project letter campaign. The first line of the … the NIH at the time. The above header is taken from a line in the letter: “The problem with this stems from the fact …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH facilitates understanding of the relationship between genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution to inform health disparities.
… Global Health (CRGGH) facilitates a global understanding of the relationship between human genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution, with the ultimate goal of informing …
News Release
The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome - the final human chromosome to be fully sequenced.
… New sequence reveals genomic factors in fertility, including sperm production. … An international … team has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome , the final human chromosome to be fully …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details the legacy of the Human Microbiome Project as it reaches completion.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … In January, NHGRI hosted a workshop as part of our ongoing ‘Genomics2020’ Strategic Planning Process … Variation Identification, Association, and Function in Human Health and Disease.” The workshop included valuable …
News Release
NHGRI appointed Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D., director of the Division of Genome Sciences, which researches human genome function in health and disease.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has appointed Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D., the director of the Division of Genome Sciences - the NHGRI division that … programs. Most recently, she co-managed The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) - a collaboration between NHGRI and the National …