NIH Appoints Dr. Eric D. Green As Next NHGRI Director
Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., has been selected to be the next director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH announced on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. NIH Director — and former NHGRI Director — Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., announced Dr. Green's appointment at the annual scientific retreat of the Division of Intramural Research, which Dr. Green has led since 2002, marking the first time a former institute director has selected his successor.
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Quantitative high throughput robotic technologies at the NIH Chemical Genomics Center can screen the biological activity of more than one million chemical compounds per day.
Taking Aim at Trypanosomes
The NIH Chemical Genomics Center (NCGC), administered by the National Human Genome Research Institute, is training its leading-edge technology on two ancient scourges: Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness. In two studies published Nov. 11 in the online edition of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, NCGC researchers, along with collaborators from the University of California-San Francisco, identified a group of compounds with the potential to inhibit parasitic Trypanosoma microbes and unveiled a public dataset that will aid the entire field of drug discovery. Read more
Drs. Green and Felsenfeld discuss the project in this video interview
10K Genomes Project to Create Vertebrate Genome Zoo
As DNA sequencing costs decline, a group of research biologists has pondered reading evolution's notebooks in the genomes of thousands of vertebrate species. Using a workshop to organize their ideas, the group has proposed The 10K Genomes Project in a paper published Nov. 5 in the Journal of Heredity. NHGRI Scientific Director Eric Green M.D., Ph.D., was a co-author on the paper; Adam Felsenfeld, Ph.D. was a workshop participant.
New and Improved! The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms
Listen to researchers explain more than 200 terms related to genetics and genomics. View more than 100 color illustrations and 3-D animations. Test your knowledge of genetics in two online quizzes. To reach this educational resource designed for learners at all levels, go to www.genome.gov/glossary
The National Human Genome Research Institute led the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health, which culminated in the completion of the full human genome sequence in April 2003. Now, NHGRI moves forward into the genomic era with research aimed at improving human health and fighting disease.
