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Dr. Edward Giniger is an adjunct investigator in NHGRI's Genetics and Molecular Biology Branch.
… Information processing in the brain is done by specialized neural … Every neuron has a long process, an "axon", that carries information to its synaptic partners. Dr. Giniger's lab seeks … Edward Giniger, information processing, neural circuits, neurons, nerve cells …
Educational Resources
Ancestry-informative markers are sets of polymorphisms for a DNA sequence found in different frequencies between populations from different geographical regions.
Data Sharing Policies
Sample informed consent language, aligned with each of the informational elements of consent for genomic data sharing (GDS) outlined by NIH as important to convey, in language understandable to prospective participants.
… (GRU)  Portions of your samples, genomic data, and health information will be stored for an unlimited period of time to … (HMB)  With your consent, we will share the information you give us with a national database for DNA information, called [...] which is controlled by [name of …
Event
NHGRI hosted a webinar to provide an overview of the Investigator-Initiated Research on Genetic Counseling Processes and Practices Request for Applications (RFA-HG-20-048 and RFA-HG-20-049).
Policy Issues
The GINA is an important U.S. civil rights law that protects individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information.
… The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, commonly known as GINA, is … individuals from discrimination based on their genetic information. It was first introduced into the U.S. Congress … prohibits health insurers from using someone's genetic information to refuse insurance or charge higher prices, and …
News Release
The finding marks a new effort in conserving an ancient dog breed, with potential to inform human vocalization processes.
… nature of the Highland Wild Dog and lack of genomic information made it difficult to test the theory. In 2016, in …
Educational Resources
Gene expression is the process by which the information encoded in a gene is used to direct the assembly of a protein molecule.
… Gene expression is the process by which the information encoded in a gene is used to direct the assembly … Gene expression is the process by which the information encoded in a gene is turned into a function. This … Gene expression is the process by which the information encoded in a gene is used to direct the assembly …
News Release
Most pregnant women want recommendations from their doctors when deciding which information to receive from prenatal whole genome sequencing.
… from their doctors when deciding what types of information to receive from prenatal whole genome sequencing. … it will significantly increase the amount of genomic information parents can learn about their fetus. But … clinicians when faced with a tremendous range of genomic information," said Benjamin E. Berkman, J.D., M.P.H., deputy …
Event
On Tuesday, December 17, 2024, ASHG and NHGRI co-host an informational webinar about Post-Baccalaureate Genomics Analyst Fellowship program for potential applications.
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… risk score webpage , which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores and more! … diabetes, and depression. Such methods take into account information about variants across a person’s genome, … disease risk, with ongoing research investigating how such information can be used in clinical practice. NHGRI concluded …