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A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… Disease Genomics (CCDG) are a collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to comprehensively identify rare … NHLBI. We currently estimate that the CCDG program will sequence approximately 100K whole genomes and 125K whole … Collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective …
News Release
NIH researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool, called Verso, to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. The software makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more affordable and accessible.
… Software opens the door for a greater number of complete genome sequences. … software tool to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. This software, … Verkko grew from assembling the first gapless human genome sequence , which was finished last year by the …
Outreach
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 … of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence - the genetic blueprint of the human body - …  The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is a collaboration …
Profile
Jim Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics.
… pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics. … are you most proud of? Jim Mullikin: Of course, the Human Genome Project is one of the top ones. I started working on … Human Genome Project in 1997, and the draft human genome sequence was finished just before I moved to NHGRI in 2003. …
Event
On October 29, 2021, NHGRI will host the Future Directions of the NHGRI Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL) workshop to identify gaps, challenges and future opportunities related to NHGRI’s investments in the AnVIL’s cloud-based infrastructure, tools and services.
… of Philadelphia) and Valentina Di Francesco, M.S. (NHGRI) Analysis Tools  Moderators: Marylyn D. Ritchie, Ph.D. … The NHGRI Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL) is … sessions: 1) Data submission and consortia engagement 2) Analysis tools 3) Infrastructure 4) Outreach and training …
News Release
In a new large-scale genetic analysis, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have found set of small RNA molecules, called microRNAs, in human pancreatic cells that are strongly associated with type 2 diabetes.
… In a new large-scale genetic analysis, scientists have found a set of small RNA molecules, … The study, led in part by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … “This study represents the largest sequenced-based analysis of microRNA expression in human pancreatic islets to …
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.
… towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care. The new awards will … , initiated in 2010 and funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer … support the development of methods needed to integrate genome sequencing into the practice of medicine, improve the …
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).
… became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method … became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method … and cheaper than their predecessors, NGS technologies can sequence an entire human genome in a single day and for less …
News Release
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. … for a program director at the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR), what is now known as NHGRI. He …
News Release
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 … of Health (NIH), have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results, published today … researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.   “This accomplishment begins a new era in genomics …