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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 risk and … Institute (NHLBI) Trans-omics for Precision Medicine program . The centers also receive co-funding from NHLBI. We currently estimate that the CCDG program will sequence approximately 100K whole genomes and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green describes the evolution of the NHGRI Intramural Research program over the last three decades talks about its future in conducting truly exceptional basic, translational, and clinical genomics research.
… to support the new Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program. The program will expand on the existing joint fellowships between … interested in policy, communications, education, and program management gain hands-on skills and experience in … developed a new tool to help scientists study how a single genome creates all the distinct cells of the human body. The …
Event
On October 13, 2022, NHGRI holds The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) Planning Meeting – The Future of HGRP at the Bethesda Marriott Hotel.
… Alexander Arguello Adam Felsenfeld 8:50 a.m. Samples and sequencing Moderator: Charles Rotimi Panelists: Carlos … On October 13, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute holds the The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) Planning Meeting – The Future of HGRP meeting …
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 …
Research Funding
A list of scientific program analysts who carry out scientific analyses and project management duties in support of program directors in the NHGRI Extramural Research Program.
… Scientific program analysts support the genomics research programs and consortia funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). They carry out scientific … analyses and project management duties in support of program directors in the NHGRI Extramural Research Program …
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, … complete genome sequence.” The T2T consortium used new DNA sequencing technologies and analytical methods to generate …
Research at NHGRI
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence.
… The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) , established in 1997, is a … procedures. NISC's role within the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), and more broadly across … other investigators across the NHGRI Intramural Research Program to develop novel methods to analyze genomics data …
News Release
Evaluating genetic features of inherited diseases by sequencing the genetic code helps with the cost and time challenges in medical practice.
… Leslie Biesecker, M.D., chief of the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Medical Genomics and … all potential genetic features of inherited diseases by sequencing the genetic code is a powerful solution to … is funding new grants - the Institutional Training Grant Program in Genomic Medicine - to cultivate leaders in the …
Profile
Jim Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics.
… Mullikin 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 … the whole progress, from the very early days of Sanger sequencing all the way to a complete telomere-to-telomere …
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 generate … The research is being funded as part of the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER2) Consortium. … , initiated in 2010 and funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer …