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The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… D.C. opened the high-tech, high-intensity exhibition Genome: Unlocking Life's Code to celebrate the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - in April 2003. … a collaboration between the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) and the National Human Genome …
Research at NHGRI
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence.
… The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) , established in 1997, is a … facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence. In addition to providing investigators at … procedures. NISC's role within the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), and more broadly across …
Educational Resources
Fact sheets explaining complex concepts in genomics research to a non-scientific audience.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has produced this series of fact sheets to explain complex concepts in genomics … Sequencing, Epigenomics, Knockout Mice, Newborn Screening, Cost Of Sequencing A Human Genome, X Chromosome, Y Chromosome …
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Jim Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics.
… Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics. … What accomplishments in your career are you most proud of? Jim Mullikin: Of course, the Human Genome Project is one of the top ones. I started working on …
Talking Glossary
Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule.
… Nanopore DNA Sequencing … Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule. … be converted to read each base. This approach offers a low-cost, rapid process for studying long stretches of DNA. …
News Release
NIH lost a key member of its broader genomics team when Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the NISC sequencing group at NIH, retired on Dec. 31, 2015.
… and analyze the resulting data. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will lose a key member of its broader genomics team with the December 31 retirement of Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the sequencing group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center …
News Release
NIH is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care for all individuals.
… The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care. The new awards will generate … The research is being funded as part of the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research …
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Jeffery Schloss, Ph.D., founding director of the Division of Genome Sciences, is embarking on a new journey: retirement.
… After an extraordinary career at the National Human Genome Research Institute (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 …
Talking Glossary
Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing).
… Next-Generation DNA Sequencing … Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method … DNA sequencing establishes the order of the bases that make up DNA. Next-generation DNA sequencing …
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NHGRI researchers have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.
… Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), have produced the … incredibly long, consisting of about 6 billion bases, DNA sequencing machines cannot read all the bases at once. … have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a …