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Joint workshop featuring overviews of Roadmap Epigenomics and ENCODE resources that are freely available for use by the research community.
Educational Resources
A carcinogen is an agent with the capacity to cause cancer in humans.
… of causing cancer. Carcinogens may occur naturally in the environment (such as ultraviolet rays in sunlight and certain …
Research at NHGRI
A list of publications led by or in collaboration with the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… HR, Voortman T, Chen H, Rao DC, Levy D, Ma J; CHARGE Gene-Lifestyle Interactions Working Group. Genome-Wide Interaction Analysis … , Akinyemi R, Olanrewaju TO, Adeyemo A , Rotimi C . Genes, environment, and African ancestry in cardiometabolic …
Community Outreach
NHGRI is proud to help support the PBS documentary, “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History,” based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D.
… help support the PBS documentary, “Ken Burns presents The Gene: An Intimate History,” based on the book by Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D. The Gene aired April 7 and 14 at 8:00 p.m. ET. The series, based … the history of science. … In this fun animated series, the gene’s complex mechanisms are explored in simple ways. … …
Archive
… Genes, Environment and Health Initiative Invests In Genetic Studies, …
Research Funding
NHGRI is initiating a new program-the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium to develop a framework for systematically understanding the effects of genomic variation on genome function and how these effects shape phenotypes.
… Duke University High-throughput functional annotation of gene regulatory elements and variants critical to complex … of functional elements, TF footprints and gene regulatory interactions HG011986 Ansuman Satpathy Stanford University … Bing Ren UC San Diego The impact of genomic variation on environment-induced changes in pancreatic beta-cell states …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2021 issue of the Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. talks about the NIH UNITE program's goal to end structural racism in biomedical research.
… environmental factors that influence human health (and the interactions among those components and genomics) will be … fever and inflammation.” … Genomics Research On-the-spot gene readouts offer clues to how cells work NIH researchers …
The Genomics Landscape
In April 6, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how NHGRI will hold a symposium on National DNA Day, April 25, highlighting relevant and interesting topics in genomics and concluding with the annual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture.
… the effective practice of genomic medicine by facilitating interactions among the key stakeholders in genomics … genetic animal model of Down syndrome Extremely rare gene variants point to a potential cause of age-related …
Educational Resources
Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism.
For Teachers
Tools and resources for teaching the concepts of transcription and translation, two key steps in gene expression
… of transcription and translation, two key steps in gene expression . … Transcription is the process of making an RNA copy of a gene sequence. This copy, called a messenger RNA (mRNA) … the relationship between the sequence of base pairs in a gene and the corresponding amino acid sequence that it …