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The Genomics Landscape
In the March 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green spotlights the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) Program evaluation.
… Sean Mooney, Ph.D. , will become the director of NIH’s Center for Information Technology (CIT). In this role, Sean will play a major part in helping to optimize NIH’s data ecosystem, something of critical importance for genomics. In addition, Sean’s own research group will be housed within NHGRI’s Intramural …
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NHGRI commemorates the life and legacy of genomics champion Representative Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), who passed away in March 2018, by naming an annual National DNA Day lecture at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in her honor.
… DNA Day, which celebrates the completion of the Human Genome Project and the anniversary of the discovery of DNA's iconic structure, the double helix. As one of the … only microbiologist in Congress. She received a bachelor's degree in microbiology and a master's degree in public …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2025 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the appointment of Erin Ramos as the new director of the Division of Genome Sciences (DGSci).
… employee Mary Glynn, who was instrumental in the institute’s significant expansion in the early 90s. Later this month, I … space. You can watch Dr. Rubins’ talk and more on NHGRI’s YouTube channel, GenomeTV . All the best, … a PRS, researchers identify many locations across the genome that have been shown to be associated with a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how social media provides NHGRI staff with a space to talk about their work, make genomics topics easy to understand, and show how genomics can positively affect people.
… NHGRI’s social media platforms provide a great venue for conveying … as genomic medicine, polygenic risk scores, bioethics, genome sequencing, diversity of the genomics workforce, and … topics that are detailed in available factsheets on genome.gov, including gifs and imagery to make the topics fun …
Genomics and Medicine
Starting in 2019, the American Journal of Human Genetics has published an annual feature identifying ten key advances in applying genomic information to clinical care that were reported in the previous 12 months of published literature. The Genomic Medicine Working Group has authored these reviews, based on its broader effort to identify notable accomplishments in genomic medicine on a monthly basis. From this larger set of published accomplishments, the working group has continued to select ten papers annually to be highlighted as the most significant.
… tool for all ancestries 8. Broader access to clinical genome sequencing benefits diverse individuals with rare … for children with suspected cancer from routine whole-genome sequencing 10. Clinical signatures of genetic … helps to prioritize critically ill newborns for whole-genome sequencing Population genomic screening for common …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes the inaugural class of the ASHG-NHGRI Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program.
… episode featuring Christopher Donohue, Ph.D., NHGRI’s historian. In these episodes, Dr. Donohue discusses preserving the history of the Human Genome Project; the importance of conversations about … legacies. The two podcast episodes are available on ASHG’s website and elsewhere. NHGRI’s Education and Community …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., spotlights the NHGRI Extramural Research Program and how it takes a dynamic approach to it's research portfolio to help foster groundbreaking advances in genomics.
… As happens around this time every year, the U.S. federal government is working to establish and approve its … government, and the commercial sector. “The Human Genome Project was a bold initiative spearheaded by the US … and an opportunity to improve the health of their nation’s citizens.” Bettie J. Graham, Ph.D. (Director, NHGRI …
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 many breakthrough genomics advances! … Landscape , the National Association of Scholars event "Unlocking the Genome: The Human Genome Project" featured me, Aristides … Mouse genome rewriting and tailoring of three important disease …
Educational Resources
Genomics refers to the study of the entire genome of an organism whereas genetics refers to the study of a particular gene.
… Genomics refers to the study of the entire genome of an organism whereas genetics refers to the study of … Genomics, Genes, Gene Expression, Human Genome Project … on studying all the DNA of an organism — that is, its genome. Such work includes identifying and characterizing all …
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The genome is the entire set of genetic instructions found in a cell.
… Genome … The genome is the entire set of genetic instructions found in a … Genome, Genomics, DNA Sequence, Human Genome Project, Genes … The genome is the entire set of DNA instructions found in a cell. … consists of 23 pairs of chromosomes located in the cell’s nucleus, as well as a small chromosome in the cell’s …