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Dr. Sean Conlan is an associate investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… in medical biochemistry from Texas A&M University studying bacterial membrane proteins in the laboratory of Dr. Hagan … Health, where he used motif finding algorithms to identify bacterial regulatory networks. From 2006 to 2008, he developed computational tools for detecting pathogens in clinical samples as part of the Center for …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is empowering farmers to improve the food supply.
… ," which is a rice strain that has small bits of corn and bacterial DNA added to its genome. These extra genes allow … have unwanted guests along for the ride, such as bacterial pathogens . When people eat the contaminated food, they can …
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More research must be done to understand the interactions of ancient genes with modern environments.
… of years to protect Africans from disease-causing pathogens. … Today, these same mutations can increase the …
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NHGRI researchers investigated the Behcet's disease using Illumina's Immunochip.
… many of which are involved in immune response to invading pathogens. The study - Dense genotyping of immune-related …
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NIH has awarded grants of more than $28 million aimed at deciphering the language of how and when genes are turned on and off.
… Researchers will study the immune system's response to pathogens. They will examine how a type of white blood cell called a macrophage reacts to a bacterial pathogen, which can result in the activation of …
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Three research teams funded by NIH gather data at the most basic molecular levels about the biological processes that make up the human microbiome.
… digestion, energy production, protection against invading pathogens and immune system support. Now, the number of bacterial species living with human beings is thought to be … Proctor noted that the 10-to-1 estimate was based only on bacterial cells, but the microbiome also includes viruses, …
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NHGRI researcher Dr. Julie Segre has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
… studies defining the diversity of human skin-associated bacterial and fungal communities. Her work has advanced our … understand microbial genomics, especially for hospital pathogens and a variety of commensal skin organisms. Her …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
… arms race has been fought between humans and microbial pathogens. This evolutionary battle is between the human … our very eyes One such microbe is Yersinia pestis , the bacterial agent responsible for a series of well-documented …
Secondary Genomics Findings Service
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