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The Genomics Landscape
In the August 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the recent launch of the NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award.
… process continues to move forward, gathering early ideas for further exploration and feedback about the process … the various strategic planning events, please sign up for email updates  and monitor the 'Genomics 2020' calendar … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recognizes the recipients for the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor given by the U.S. Government to outstanding scientists and engineers who are beginning their independent research careers.
… As part of the Congressional Biomedical Research Caucus Briefings, I recently had the opportunity to … the last three decades – from the early years of the Human Genome Project to today’s efforts in tailoring medical care … information. The briefings are organized by the Coalition for the Life Sciences (CLS), an alliance of professional …
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Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… An Atlas of Human Gene Expression The GTEx awards will contribute to a resource database and tissue bank … in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which helps administer the … identify and catalog genomic variants and gene expression. For the last decade, scientists have used genome-wide …
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Ten investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center.
… receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center through awards just announced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Intramural Research (OIR). … for genome and exome sequencing within NIH. In their grant applications, award recipients proposed to use exome …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the Human Genome Project receiving the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award.
… their Fiscal Year 2018 budgets. The news was worth waiting for! Overall, NIH was the recipient of an 8.8% increase … increase. This represents the largest budget increase for NIH and NHGRI in well over a decade, and provides new funds for a number of critically important areas of research. NHGRI staff members are now working hard to …
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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 incorporates DNA sequence information into electronic medical records. The goal of research conducted by the Electronic Medical Records and … effects," said Rongling Li, M.D., Ph.D., program director for eMERGE in the Division of Genomic Medicine at NHGRI, a …
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NHGRI-funded researchers to be honored with Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers
… Three researchers funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will receive the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).  … independent research careers and show exceptional promise for leadership in science and technology. "NHGRI has …
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NHGRI's Initial Review Group provides first-level peer review of grant applications.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Initial Review Group (IRG) provides first-level peer review of grant applications. The review committee, called the Genome … Genome Research . The majority of investigator-initiated grant applications related to genomics research (e.g. R01) …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… and I answered questions about bioethics and genomics research on Twitter as part of #AskDrGenome . Meanwhile, the … up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. Check out the latest oral … Finally, the 91st meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will take place on September 14-15. …
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NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… device that harnesses electric current to decipher the genome. "Parts of the genome remain hidden, or are extremely … and more accurate than those we already have. These new awards are a re-up in an investment that began in 2004 … new awards," said Michael Smith, Ph.D., program director for NHGRI's Genome Technology Program. "The awards enable …