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On August 15-16, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) sponsored a meeting Perspectives in Comparative Genomics and Evolution at the Bethesda North Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in Rockville, Maryland.
… Shawn Burgess (NHGRI) Charles Danko (Cornell) Cyril Gay (USDA) …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, reflects on the twelve years of groundbreaking research by the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-generating Research (CSER) consortium.
…  Sara Chandros Hull, Ph.D. , and Shawn Burgess, Ph.D. , were appointed new Deputy Scientific … of the NIH Intramural Institutional Review Board. Dr. Burgess has been with NHGRI for 22 years and serves as Senior … NHGRI selects Sara Hull and Shawn Burgess as new deputy scientific directors …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
… Research Institute (NHGRI) are doing just this. The Burgess lab , for example, is studying zebrafish genomes. … using CRISPR to see how the deletion impacts the fish. The Burgess lab focuses on 50 zebrafish genes which are similar …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the NHGRI Intramural Research Program as well as announces the launch of a new digital history archive.
… Most recently, he selected Sara Chandros Hull, Ph.D. , and Shawn Burgess, Ph.D. , as Deputy Scientific Directors of NHGRI’s IRP. Drs. Chandros and Burgess are replacing former Deputy Scientific Director Paul …
Policy Issues
Scientific institutions are developing recommendations to support the responsible use of human gene-editing research.
… researcher can purchase these mice for their research. Dr. Shawn Burgess' lab at NHGRI has developed a high-throughput …
Staff
Dr. Tyra Wolfsberg is the associate director of the Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… [ PubMed ] Renaud G, LaFave MC, Liang J, Wolfsberg TG, Burgess SM. trieFinder: an efficient program for annotating … MC, Varshney GK, Gildea DE, Wolfsberg TG, Baxevanis AD, Burgess SM. MLV integration site selection is driven by … IG, Zimmerman S, Schier AF, Wolfsberg TG, Pellegrini M, Burgess SM, Lin S. A large-scale zebrafish gene knockout …
Staff
Dr. Randy Chandler is an associate investigator in the Organic Acid Research Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch in NHGRI.
… TG, O'Donnell P, Wang P, Nguyen AD, Chandler RJ, Chen Z, Burgess SM, Vite CH, Haskins ME, Venditti CP, Auricchio A. … N, Senac JS, Wu W, Hoffmann V, Elkahloun AG, Burgess SM, Venditti CP. Vector design influences hepatic …
News Release
NIH will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records.
… Investigators: Scott Weiss, M.D., Elizabeth Karlson, M.D., Shawn Murphy, M.D., Ph.D., and Jordan Smoller, M.D., Sc.D. …
Policy Issues
Scientists have edited genomes for many years, but CRISPR technology has improved the speed, cost, accuracy, and efficiency of genome editing
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… LaFave, M. C., Idol, J., Xu, L. S., Gallardo, V., . . . Burgess, S. M. (2015). High-throughput gene targeting and …
Staff
Dr. Ivona Aksentijevich is an associate investigator in NHGRI Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… Gershon TR, Ozen S, Karadag O, Fleisher TA, Remmers EF, Burgess SM, Moir SL, Gadina M, Sood R, Hershfield MS, Boehm … S, Kaiser D, Owen WC, Al Sonbul A, Zhang Y, Niemela JE, Burgess SM, Boehm M,Rehermann B, Chae JJ, Quezado MM, …