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As part of the tenth anniversary of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) History of Genomics Program, members from The Amaral Lab from Northwestern University will present a virtual lecture on how they have used the program’s archive to better understand how a major funding institute like NHGRI has helped shape genomics.
… History of Genomics Program, the Institute will host a virtual lecture - The history of genomics told through … Virtual … The Amaral Lab from Northwestern University will present a virtual lecture on how they have used the program’s archive … The Amaral Lab from Northwestern University will present a virtual lecture on how they have used the program’s archive …
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Several NIH Institutes, Offices and Centers partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop on May 28-29, 2024, to further explore the recommendations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2023 report, Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A New Framework for an Evolving Field, with regards to legacy genomic data. 
… Offices, and Centers* partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop on May 28-29, 2024, to further explore the … Virtual … Offices and Centers partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop on May 28-29, 2024, to further explore the … Offices and Centers partnered to host a two-day virtual workshop on May 28-29, 2024, to further explore the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
…  Videos of the presentations at the June 15-16 ELSI Virtual Forum are now available for viewing . Featured talks … sequence: In conversation with Dr. Adam Phillippy ELSI Virtual Forum video recordings Funding Opportunities … Videos available from the ELSI Virtual Forum …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NHGRI is organizing two virtual SXSW panels in an effort to create an online … NHGRI hosts virtual SXSW panels on genomics and society … DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit, Virtual SXSW Panels …
Research at NHGRI
The Immersive Simulation Program (ISP) provides expertise, tools, and support for the integration of emerging technology-based methods into health and medical research.
… of control, comparators and sham arms in medical extended reality trials Evaluations of how VR can enhance research in … medical research. The ISP (formerly known as the Immersive Virtual Environment Testing Area) was founded in 2006 by its … on implementation of immersive technologies like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in research …
News Release
Artificial intelligence tools help scientists decode genomic disorders and communicate genomic risks
NHGRI researchers are increasingly using artificial intelligence tools to answer compelling questions in genomics, such as predicting rare genetic disorders and their severity, and to understand how genomic information influences decision-making.
… Program at NHGRI , in which her research group uses virtual reality to simulate realistic interactions to assess how … genomic risk for health conditions. Using immersive virtual reality technology and machine learning analysis, we …
News Release
Mothers may be able to reduce guilt over their children's inherited obesity guilt by being more careful in the future about their children's diet.
… were asked to choose a meal for their children in a virtual food "buffet" in NIH's Immersive Virtual Environment Testing Area. Using a virtual reality visor, they made selections from an array of serving …
Media Advisory
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome via virtual conference call on March 31. … March 31, 2022 (embargo lifts at 2 p.m. EDT) What: Virtual press conference to announce T2T consortium … Moderator: Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI director Where: Virtual conference link to come RSVP: NHGRIPressOffice@nih.gov …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the new director of NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… Immunity Researchers Study Mothers' Food Choices at Virtual Reality Buffet Notable Accomplishments in Genomic Medicine …
Fact Sheet
mRNA vaccines inject cells with instructions to generate a protein that is normally found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
… of scientific research that have made these vaccines a reality. … technologies have been used to make mRNA vaccines a rapid reality. …