NACHGR - Director's Report Related Documents: September 2013

NHGRI-Smithsonian Exhibition

• Genome: Unlocking Life's Code Exhibition Website [unlockinglifescode.org]
• VOA Video
• GenomeWeb [genomeweb.com]
• Wall Street Journal [online.wsj.com]
• Washington Post [washingtonpost.com]
• New York Times [nytimes.com]

NIH Fiscal Year 2014 Appropriations

• NHGRI Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request
• Senate Fiscal Year 2014 Bill, Including NIH Funding [thomas.loc.gov]

HeLa Whole-Genome Data Access

• Nature commentary by Kathy Hudson and Francis Collins [nature.com]
• NIH Press Release [nih.gov]

White House Open Science 'Champions' Highlights Genomic Data Pioneers [whitehouse.gov]

Genomics and the Economy

• Battelle Report Update [battelle.org]
• McKinsey Global Institute Report [mckinsey.com]

First GINA Cases Filed

• Fabricut Settlement [eeoc.gov]
• Founders Pavilion Case [eeoc.gov]

NCHPEG Ceased Operations

• ASHG Press Release [ashg.org]
• NHGRI News Feature

Genomics in the News...

• Forbes [forbes.com]
• Huffington Post Live [live.huffingtonpost.com]
• Fox Business [video.foxbusiness.com]
• Biocentury TV [biocenturytv.com]
• O Magazine [oprah.com]
• NPR [npr.org]
• The Daily Beast [thedailybeast.com]
• The Hottest Scientific Researchers and Research [sciencewatch.com]

Genomes in the News...

• Sacred Lotus [redorbit.com]
• Norway Spruce [articles.latimes.com]
• Bactrian Camel [sciencedaily.com]
• Mallard Duck [sciencedaily.com]
• Pacific Bluefin Tuna [asianscientist.com]
• Green-podded Cacao [wired.co.uk]
• Pandoravirus [sciencemag.org]
• Oil Palm [nytimes.com]
• Chinese Alligator [scienceworldreport.com]
• Bigfoot/Opossum [blog.chron.com]

Centers for Mendelian Genomics

• CMG Program Page [mendelian.org]
• International Rare Diseases Research Consortium [irdirc.org]

DNA Sequencing Technology Development

• Program Page
• Press Release for New Awards
• Abstracts
• Research Project Grant RFA [grants.nih.gov]
• Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award RFA [grants.nih.gov]
• SBIR [R43/R44] RFA [grants.nih.gov]

The ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project

• ENCODE Project Page
• CHARGE Consortium Page [web.chargeconsortium.com]
• ENCODE Publications List on the ENCODE Portal [encodeproject.org]

Recent Genomic Medicine Grant Awards

• Population Architecture Using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) II Press Release
• Genomic Sequencing and Newborn Screening Disorders Press Release
• Genomic Sequencing and Newborn Screening Disorders Telebriefing

NHGRI GWAS Catalog

• GWAS Webinar
• GWAS Webinar Agenda/YouTube

eMERGE Tools

• My Results [myresults.org]
• SMART Genomics Advisor [smartplatforms.org]
• eMERGE Study Investigators RFA [grants.nih.gov]
• eMERGE Coordinating Center RFA [grants.nih.gov]
• eMERGE Pediatric Study Investigators RFA [grants.nih.gov]

Genomics & Society Working Group

• Genomics & Society Working Group Information
• ELSI Program Page

Molecular Libraries Program (MLP)

• MLP Program Page [commonfund.nih.gov]
• Probe Reports on NCBI Bookshelf [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
• PubChem [pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Human Microbiome Project (HMP)

• HMP Program Page [commonfund.nih.gov]
• Human Microbiome Science Conference

Knockout Mouse Phenotyping Project (KOMP2) [commonfund.nih.gov]

Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx)

Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS)

• LINCS Program Page [commonfund.nih.gov]
• LINCS RFA [grants.nih.gov]

Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative

• BD2K Program Page [bd2k.nih.gov]
• BD2K Centers RFA [grants.nih.gov]
• Interview with Mark Guyer [ctovision.com]

NHGRI Intramural Research Highlights

• Julie Segre: "Topographic diversity of fungal and bacterial communities in human skin" [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
• Julie Segre: "NIH researchers conduct first genomic survey of human skin fungal diversity" (News Release)
• Charles Venditti: "Targeting proximal tubule mitochondrial dysfunction attenuates the renal disease of methylmalonic academia" [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
• Charles Venditti: "NIH researchers identify therapy that may curb kidney deterioration in patients with rare disorder" (News Release)
• William Gahl: "A congenital neutrophil defect syndrome associated with mutations in VPS45" [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]