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The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) maintains and updates the human genome reference and provides it to the scientific community.
… reference in the completion of the International Human Genome Project, there has been a need to maintain and improve … improve the human reference by developing it into a “pan-genome”. One goal of a pan-genome reference is to represent as much as possible of …
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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 … that is as universal and complete as possible. Known as a ‘pan-genome,’ the more-complete reference sequence will … the human population. Over time, researchers hope that the pan-genome will reflect all human diversity, enabling …
Staff
Dr. Julie Segre is chief and a senior investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… the laboratory of Eric Lander, Ph.D., and the newly formed genome center. Dr. Segre then performed postdoctoral training … epidermidis . MGS has determined that the S. epidermidis pan-genome is quite large with 80% core genes (~2,000 total) … Meyer JA, Blakesley RR, Zelazny AM, Segre JA, Snitkin ES. Pan-PCR, a computational method for designing …
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Dr. Sean Conlan is an associate investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Program, Frank KM, Palmore TN and Segre JA. Whole genome sequencing overrules a suspected case of … Program, Palmore TN, Frank KM and Segre JA. Complete genome sequence of a Klebsiella pneumoniae carrying bla NDM-1 … HH, Murray PR and Segre JA. Staphylococcus epidermidis pan-genome sequence analysis reveals diversity of skin …