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A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
… is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results. The research suggests that newer, faster, … DNA sequencing (NGS) methods are as accurate - and perhaps more accurate - than Sanger sequencing, a … He noted, however, that 234 variants did not make up a large sample size from which to draw conclusions. They next …
Talking Glossary
Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule.
… Nanopore DNA Sequencing … Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the … to by the first letters of their chemical names: A, T, C and G) encodes the biological information that cells use to …
News Release
NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough to … to figure out the correct order of a DNA sequence, and a cell phone-size device that harnesses electric current … $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, …
Talking Glossary
The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person.
… The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person. … A human … their studies. The scientists responsible for assembling and updating such reference sequences aim to provide the … best possible consensus representations of the sequence and structural diversity found in the human genome among …
Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE)
The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), institutions with a documented record and/or historical and current mission of recruiting, educating, training and graduating students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research.
… The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the … genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at … Institutions (MSIs), institutions with a documented record and/or historical and current mission of recruiting, …
Diversity Center
Meharry Medical College establishes a Diversity Center for Genome Research (DCGR) that will narrow inequitable representation gaps for underrepresented, disadvantaged minority by realizing their vision to promote African ancestry genomic research through infrastructure building and the formation of basic, clinical, and computational science research teams that are inclusive, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged.
… ancestry genomic research through infrastructure building and the formation of basic, clinical, and computational … Center for Genome Research at Meharry Medical College centers on the genetic basis of chronic diseases prevalent … these diseases. Immunophenotyping and mitochondrial analysis of blood cells from African-American patients with …
Event
NHGRI will host a pre-application webinar for the Diversity Centers for Genome Research funding opportunity announcements (FOAs): (RFA-HG-22-026 and RFA-HG-22-027.
… Goals and objectives of the program Eligibility criteria … criteria Application submission process Questions and Answers Although there will be a question-and-answer … will host a pre-application webinar for the Diversity Centers for Genome Research funding opportunity announcements …
News Release
Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the National … in DNA sequencing or creating nanopore arrays to enable large-scale DNA sequencing efforts. For the past several years, …
News Release
NHGRI has awarded $6.4 million in first-year funding to establish Diversity Centers for Genome Research at three institutions: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Meharry Medical College; and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
… Centers will support innovative genomics studies, providing training for students and tackling important genomics research questions for … populations. … Diversity Centers for Genome Research and Principal Investigators Meharry Medical College — …
Talking Glossary
Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing).
… Next-Generation DNA Sequencing … Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of … the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing). Faster and cheaper than their predecessors, NGS technologies can …