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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).
… class at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Since most of the students in attendance are not majoring in the … Global Biodata Coalition meeting, which assembled a group of international research funders to discuss the many challenges of sustaining critical data resources needed for life science …
News Release
New grants totaling approximately $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome.
… and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome. The awards, made over five years pending the availability of funds, are managed by the National Human Genome Research … The currently available reference sequence of the human genome is becoming obsolete. The funds are …
Talking Glossary
RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules.
… RNA-seq (RNA Sequencing) … RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules. … RNA-seq, short for RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules. This method involves isolating RNA … RNA sequencing, is a method for sequencing an entire set of RNA molecules. …
News Release
NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… "Can you believe they make DNA sequencers the size of staplers?" asked Meni Wanunu, Ph.D. "Ideas that were crazy … is surely not alone in his astonishment. The field of DNA sequencing is full of ideas that are just crazy enough … device that harnesses electric current to decipher the genome. "Parts of the genome remain hidden, or are extremely …
About Genomics
February 15, 2021 marks the 20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence.
… papers that revealed the first detailed look at the human genome's nearly complete sequence. A part of the Human Genome Project, these studies launched a new era in biomedicine that has since achieved ever-dropping sequencing costs, improved diagnosis of genetic disorders and …
Media Advisory
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… expert panel discuss the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome via virtual conference call on March 31. … The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the … 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two …
About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific feats in history. The project was a voyage of biological discovery led by an international group of … The Human Genome Project … The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers …
Educational Resources
The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome.
… Human Genome Project … The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome. … Human Genome Project, Francis Collins, DNA, Genomics, Base Pairs … well as its groundbreaking approach for the free release of genomic data well ahead of publication, leading to a new …
News Release
A simple blood draw is replacing a giant needle to the belly for testing their fetuses for a range of genetic disorders.
… Pregnant women are breathing a collective sigh of relief now that a simple blood draw is replacing a giant … genomic medicine, has many predicting that prenatal whole genome sequencing will be widely available in the next five years. … practical and ethical issues, according to a new survey of more than a thousand physicians. Researchers with the …
Media Advisory
On Monday, June 24, 2019, Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) program investigators will present genomic research findings on implications for health and care of newborns during a public webinar session from 1:30 - 5:15 p.m Eastern.
… will review findings on implications for health and care of newborns at the final public session of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) … from genomic sequencing relevant to the clinical care of newborns? What: NSIGHT researchers present genomic …