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Educational Resources
Teaching tools to present the foundations of genomics to students and help them understand the impact of genomics in their lives.
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.
… Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes … word.  … An organism's complete set of DNA is called its genome. Virtually every single cell in the body contains a …
Fact Sheets
Comparative genomics is a field of biological research in which researchers compare the complete genome sequences of different species.
… researchers use a variety of tools to compare the complete genome sequences of different species. By carefully comparing … genome itself. It pinpoints genes that are essential to life and highlights genomic signals that control gene … (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G) - are laid out along DNA's twisted, double-helix structure.  … Comparative genomics …
Leadership Initiatives
The Genomic Literacy, Education, and Engagement Initiative is a national campaign to enhance genomic literacy.
… as part of medical care and various aspects of everyday life. The GLEE initiative, organized as a public-private … informed healthcare-related decisions, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) envisioned the GLEE … more broadly. … On March 13-14, 2017, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in partnership with the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Dr. Eric Green highlights Dr. Dan Kastner as the Federal Employee of the Year.
… Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 16, 2018. … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently touring North America. …
About NHGRI
The Genomics and Society Working Group advises on planning and priorities for genomics and society activities at NHGRI.
… for genomics and society activities at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). … The NHGRI Genomics and … a working group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR). The mission of the Genomics and … of Pittsburgh, 2020-2024  Holly Landrum Peay, Ph.D., M.S. Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International …
About NHGRI
The NHGRI Community Engagement in Genomics Working Group aims to engage communities to ensure that genomics and genomic medicine benefit all.
… a working group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research. The goals of the working group are to facilitate NHGRI's understanding of community perspectives and needs about …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the 10th anniversary of the Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… some of the major issues that are on the minds of genome scientists and those interested in the biomedical … in Stanford, CA on July 17, 2018. … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently touring North America. …
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.
… … The National Institutes of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will … of common and rare human diseases. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, today … represents an important step in the evolution of NHGRI's long-standing, flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). In …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 5, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., pays tribute to one of NHGRI’s founding staff members and current leaders, Bettie Graham, Ph.D., as she reached a truly remarkable milestone: 50 years of service in the federal government.
… in the D.C. area — I would encourage you to visit the Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum …