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NIH will support research that incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records.
… A dozen awards from the National Institutes of Health will support research that … DNA sequence information into electronic medical records. The goal of research conducted by the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) network is to better understand the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., emphasizes the importance of the Technology Transfer Office and its mission to manage all the legal negotiations that help to protect federally funded research from being unduly exploited, while also giving that research avenues to reach patients through the commercialization of promising advances.
… four NHGRI-funded genomic scientists were named among the 100 most influential people of 2022 by Time magazine. … Eichler, Ph.D. , and Michael Schatz, Ph.D. were honored for their roles in leading the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) … accomplishment and well-deserved recognition.  All the best,  …
Research Funding
​CSER is rapidly advancing the knowledge necessary to develop best practices for implementating genomic sequence data into clinical care. ​
… Reports of genomic sequencing being applied to the medical care of individual patients are becoming more … care, 2) guide the development and dissemination of best practices for the integration of clinical sequencing into clinical … of genomic sequencing for pediatric cancer patients in the diverse population and healthcare settings of Texas: The …
Staff
Elaine Ostrander is chief of NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… is Chief and Distinguished Senior Investigator of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch at the … studies. She has identified alleles that increase risk for metastatic disease and continues to work within two large … risk for breast or ovarian cancer. Dr. Ostrander’s lab is best known, though, for their studies of the domestic dog as …
Event
NHGRI meeting focused on research that rapidly advances best practices for the implementation of genomic sequence data into clinical care.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) … to rapidly advance the knowledge necessary to develop best practices for the implementation of genomic sequence data into clinical … eMERGE & CSER: The Convergence of Genomics and Medicine … on research that rapidly advances best practices for the implementation of genomic sequence data into clinical …
Research Training
The Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research provides students the opportunity to perform biomedical research with some of the world's best scientists.
… The Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research provides students at all levels the opportunity to perform biomedical research alongside some of the world's most accomplished scientists. … The program immerses students in a unique environment devoted …
News Release
Cell Press' "Best of AJHG 2017-2018" includes an article authored by CRGGH researchers Daniel Shriner and Charles Rotimi.
… Cell Press has assembled a reprint collection of the "Best of AJHG 2017-2018" , which includes an article authored by Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH), … The manuscript , entitled "Whole-Genome-Sequence-Based … the Holocene Wet Phase," updated our understanding of when and how the mutation that causes "sickling" of red blood …
Intramural Training Office
In NIH's annual Three-Minute Talks (TmT) competition, postbaccalaureate researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows from each institute’s intramural research program have to describe their research clearly and engagingly in just three minutes using one PowerPoint slide. The competition challenges trainees to develop their communication skills as they explain the background, key findings, and significance of their work.
… Each year the NHGRI Intramural Training Office sponsors the Three-Minute Talks (TmT) competition, in which trainees pitch their research topic and why they think it’s cool in just three minutes. To help … The Genomics Landscape Newsletter Story: Trainees deliver …
News Release
NIH researchers demonstrated that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that causes Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.
… For the first time, National Institutes of Health (NIH) … have demonstrated in mice that gene therapy may be the best method for correcting the single faulty gene that … The study, led by researchers at NIH's National Human Genome … to be effective, the VTS-270 compound has to be given for the life of the mouse. The team is now investigating if a …
News Release
NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… New mouse model may inform potential therapeutic options for Down syndrome. … compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be more … author of the study. “What was previously thought as the best mouse model of Down syndrome has traits derived from …