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NHGRI has appointed Dr. Jennifer Troyer as the incoming director as the incoming director of the Division of Extramural Operations (DEO) within NHGRI’s Extramural Research Program (ERP). She will provide leadership in coordinating the institute’s extramural research grants, operations and policies.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, has appointed Dr. Jennifer Troyer as the incoming director of the Division of Extramural Operations (DEO) within NHGRI’s … appoints Dr. Jennifer Troyer as incoming director of the Division of Extramural Operations …
Staff
Kris Wetterstrand is the program operations lead in the NIH Division of Extramural Operatons.
… Wetterstrand is the Program Operations Lead in the NHGRI Division of Extramural Operations (DEO).  She works with the Office of … the NHGRI grant portfolio in the Division of Extramural Research (from 1999 to 2010), participating in the NHGRI … Kris Wetterstrand is the program operations lead in the NIH Division of Extramural Operatons. …
News Release
NHGRI has selected James Thomas, Ph.D., as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), to will oversee the importation and use of DNA sequencing technologies, protocols and analyses, ensuring that NIH investigators have access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing methods and specialized genomics protocols to meet their research needs.Â
… Thomas to lead intramural center’s efforts in driving innovation in genomics research. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has selected … James Thomas, Ph.D. , as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). In this role, Dr. Thomas …
News Release
NHGRI and other NIH institutes recently participated in the high-energy science communications contest called the Three-minute Talk.
… recommendations. By the same turn, scientists trained in research methodologies and analytical skills sometimes lack … To help bridge the gap, representatives of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and … contest called the Three-minute Talk (TmT). Five intramural trainee finalists from NHGRI - Melissa Harris, …
Staff
Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… recognition, having earned a Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Dr. Mullikin first began to apply … was scaling up. He has been involved in many aspects of the Human Genome Project as well as numerous other genome … by Hashing Algorithm (SSAHA) greatly sped up the process of SNP discovery, first for The SNP Consortium Project and …
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.
… A tale of three transporters: Exploring vitamin B12 deficiency using … 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 … coaching. These sessions touch on various aspects of effective presentations, including content, clarity, …
Research Funding
NHGRI solicits grant applications that relate to its scientific priorities and research interests
… grant applications submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research or research training are investigator-initiated proposals. These … If an applicant wishes to submit a proposal with a budget of $500,000 or more in direct costs for any one year, …
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. … devoted to better-understanding the underlying causes of human genetic disease, leading to the development of novel …
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.
… I gave four talks – specifically, at the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore, the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in Kolkata, the National Institute of … especially in light of the growing need for international research collaborations to tackle major challenges in genomic …
Research Funding
A list of funding opportunities in genomics research provided by NHGRI and the National Institutes of Health.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute supports research and training and career development opportunities in support of its research mission which is to accelerate scientific and … developing new technologies, and studying the impact of genomics on society. …