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The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… address to the entering class at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Since most of the students in attendance are not majoring in the … of sustaining critical data resources needed for life science and biomedical research. Many of us at NHGRI are … Genome-wide detection of somatic mosaicism at short tandem repeats Sehgal, et al. …
Research at NHGRI
The Center for Precision Health Research, formerly Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, studies how health and disease are related to genetic, genomic and metabolic variation.
… The investigators in the Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) develop and evaluate cutting edge genomic and informatic tools to improve the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease to foster next-generation healthcare. … Intramural Research Program to foster the development of cutting edge genomic and informatic approaches to health. …
Fact Sheets
La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los investigadores una manera de visualizar y mapear el material genético en las células de un individuo.
… La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … hfis.jpg] ¿Qué es la HFIS? La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … Hibridación fluorescente in situ … La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los investigadores una manera de visualizar …
Staff
Dr. Shurjo Sen is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences who manages a portfolio of grants focused upon genomic data sciences, and is particularly interested in transitioning genomics from a centralized data repository model to cloud-based collaborative science.
… Institute (NHGRI) as an extramural program director in 2019 and manages a portfolio of grants at the intersection of data science and genomics. Apart from a wide-ranging interest in … clinical, and bioethics research at the intersection of machine learning and genomics. Cell Genom . 2024 Jan 10; …
For Patients and Families
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases.
… and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD) was created in 2002 by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the Division of Rare Diseases Research Innovation (DRDRI) at the National … Sciences) - two agencies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). GARD provides immediate, virtually …
News Release
Healthcare professionals now have access to a range of educational and clinical genomics resources on the Genetics/Genomics Competency Center website
… Healthcare professionals now have access to a variety of educational and clinical genomics resources thanks to a … the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and several … free, online collection of more than 500 materials for use in the classroom and for self-directed learning of genetics …
News Release
Jeffery Schloss, Ph.D., founding director of the Division of Genome Sciences, is embarking on a new journey: retirement.
… (NHGRI), Jeffery Schloss, Ph.D., founding director of the Division of Genome Sciences, is embarking on a new journey: retirement. … A public servant at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 24 years, Dr. Schloss retires from a … Development Program. He also aided in the launch of the Centers of Excellence in Genomics Sciences (CEGS) program, …
Event
NHGRI hosts a virtual Q&A with science journalist Angela Saini, author of “Superior: The Return of Race Science” on Thursday, July 23, 2020.
… Angela Saini is an independent British science journalist and author. She presents radio and … programmes on the BBC and her writing has appeared in The Sunday Times, Nature, New Scientist, National Geographic, and Wired. She has won a number of national and international journalism awards. …
News Release
Scientists set their sights on chromatin - the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works.
… In a recent study published in the journal Nature Biotechnology , scientists have set … the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works. A better understanding of chromatin will yield important insights into the genome's …
News Release
The Genetics/Genomics Competency Center now includes a new section on pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics.
… Competency Center (G2C2), a free, online collection of materials for self-directed learning in genetics and genomics, now includes a new section on … the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health. … that particular person. This field combines the science of how drugs work, called pharmacology, with the science of …