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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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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 …
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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.  …
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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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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 …
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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 …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… testing methods.  This research was funded by the NIH with a grant ( PA-20-185 ) to Melissa Gymrek, Ph.D., who … James Thomas, Ph.D. , as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) . NISC provides high-throughput DNA sequencing services to the NIH intramural research community, enabling powerful genomics …
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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
… (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. … technologies, protocols and analyses, ensuring that NIH investigators have access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing …