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The American Society of Human Genetics and NHGRI have teamed up to sponsor the new Genetics and Education Fellowship.
… Realizing the benefits of genomics will require an educated public who can understand the implications of genomics for their health care and evaluate the relevant public policy … training and experience to help prepare him or her for a career in genetics and genomics education. The 16-month …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the appointment of Dr. Adam Phillippy as the founding director of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research (CGDSR).
… Happy New Year to you and yours — and here’s to a 2024 featuring … Administration (FDA), which approved two gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease. About 100,000 … In a recent study, researchers devised a new and efficient method for making large-scale edits to the genomes of mouse …
News Release
Six new grants will support researchers for new computational approaches to search millions of genomic variants for disease susceptibility.
… Six new grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will … researchers to develop new computational approaches for searching among millions of genomic variants to find those that make a difference in disease susceptibility or in other traits. … to disease. They will test and further refine the method as well as explore other related approaches in genome …
News Release
NHGRI has selected Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the Institute’s Intramural Research Program.
… scientific leadership and shape direction of computational genomics in institute’s Intramural Research Program. … Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the Institute’s … provide scientific and administrative leadership, foster a collaborative and inclusive research environment and …
News Release
NIH will award nearly $80 million to support the establishment of the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium and the development of novel methods and approaches that help researchers identify the genetic causes of single-gene diseases.
… The Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium will include five centers and a data coordination site. … significantly increase the number of Mendelian disorders for which the genetic cause is known. To achieve this, the … year using a technique called whole-exome sequencing. This method sequences all the regions of the genome responsible …
MINC
As genomic competencies have been delineated for all nurses, this presented an opportunity to provide support to nurse leaders to become aware of, plan for, and begin to incorporate genomics into practice.
… As genomic competencies have been delineated for all nurses, this presented an opportunity to provide support to nurse leaders to become aware of, plan for, and begin to incorporate genomics into practice. … The primary aim of this Method for Introducing a New Competency: Genomics (MINC) into …
News Release
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
… Sarah A. Bates, M.S. … Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of … the growing availability of electronic health records for use in research has enabled unprecedented abilities to … NHGRI establishes new intramural precision health research program …
Funding Opportunities
Funding for New and Early-Stage Investigators
… enabling them to make the next scientific breakthroughs in the field of genomics. NHGRI welcomes applications from new and early-stage investigators through standard routes … strongly encouraged to contact an NHGRI program director for guidance as the applicants develop their research …
About Genomics
A group of researchers, led by the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, has released a high-quality collection of human genome reference sequences, which together comprise a human “pangenome” reference. Encompassing genome sequences from 47 people of diverse ancestries (with the goal of increasing that number to 350 by mid-2024), the human pangenome reference captures significantly more population diversity than the previous reference sequence.
… Human Pangenome Reference Consortium has released a high-quality collection of human genome reference sequences, which together comprise a human “pangenome” reference. Encompassing genome sequences … human genome missing because of gaps in the sequence. The new human pangenome reference is more comprehensive and …
News Release
A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
… A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome … Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results. The research suggests … NGS results. The study may have important implications for the DNA sequencing of clinical samples, and perhaps …