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Dr. Gerard Bouffard directs the Bioinformatics Group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… of the Human Genome Project. In 1997, he co-founded the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) as director of the … Gerard Bouffard, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), bioinformatics, … Gerard Bouffard, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), bioinformatics, …
Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program addresses the growing need for genetic counseling services.
… March 20, 2026 Update: Unfortunately, the JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training program will be sunsetting as …  For questions, please contact Megan Cho at megan.cho@nih.gov . Drawing on resources from three outstanding … Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at …
News Release
NIH researchers have developed a breath test that measures how well patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) respond to receiving liver or combined liver and kidney transplantation.
… Currently, the test is only available for use at the NIH Clinical Center; however, the researchers hope it will … About NHGRI, NIDDK, NIMH and NIH … NIH scientists develop breath test for methylmalonic acidemia … NIH researchers have developed a breath test that measures …
News Release
NIH leaders are calling for the scientific community to develop a consensus on the appropriate use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research.
… in biomedical research, National Institute of Health (NIH) leaders are calling for the scientific community to … data and its appropriate use in biomedical research. Major NIH efforts are also underway to enhance representation of … NIH leaders call for a consensus on use of race and ethnicity …
News Release
NIH investigators have discovered that genomic switches of a blood cell are key to regulating the human immune system.
… Investigators with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered the genomic switches of a blood cell are … paper, John J. O'Shea, M.D., is the scientific director at NIH's National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and … was performed in collaboration with investigators led by NIH Director, Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., in the Medical …
Staff
Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… Dr. James Thomas is the director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center. He oversees the importation … technologies, protocols and analyses, ensuring that NIH investigators have access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing … School of Medicine before returning to NHGRI and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center in 2011.  …
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.
… the resulting data. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will lose a key member of its broader genomics team with … Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the sequencing group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) in Rockville, … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. "When I recruited him to NISC in 2000, I knew that we …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
…  In response to the current global pandemic, NIH is aggressively tackling the biomedical research … institutions around the country. For example, a number of NIH Institutes and Centers have issued funding opportunity … to make millions of tests per week available by the end of Summer 2020. NIH continues to issue news related to the …
News Release
NHGRI researchers and their international collaborators have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
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Four NIH grants will support research on the ethical, legal and social questions raised by genomics research advances and genomic information.
… found at www.genome.gov . National Institutes of Health (NIH) : NIH, the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 … of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIH is the primary federal agency conducting and supporting … NIH funds new studies on ethical, legal and social impact of …