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The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new and improved Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms - one of the premier educational resources offered by NHGRI, and it aims to help users better understand the basics of genomics and genetics.
… large-scale sequence datasets. NIH is increasingly hosting genome-sequence datasets and other genomic datasets in cloud … the talking glossary is one of the most visited sites on genome.gov . Some of the talking glossary’s terms receive over 70,000 views per month. This resource is …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 5, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how artificial intelligence and machine learning are becoming omnipresent throughout NHGRI and in genomics.
… with good budgetary news and profound gratitude to the U.S. Congress for providing NIH and NHGRI a healthy Fiscal Year … bring the 20th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project — in April, to be precise. Second: do you … Just imagine that — 20 years since the end of the Human Genome Project! Finally, I encourage you to register for and …
News Release
NHGRI is awarding Genomic Innovator Awards to nine institutions to support the research of 12 early career scientists in the field of genomics. The awards will total up to $27 million over five years.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute honors 12 early career … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … such as the Genomic Innovator Award can propel a person's career in ways that otherwise may be extremely difficult in …
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 … to comprehensively study all of the DNA (known as a genome) of a select set of organisms. Launched in October … 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the first sequence of …
The Genomics Landscape
In April 6, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how NHGRI will hold a symposium on National DNA Day, April 25, highlighting relevant and interesting topics in genomics and concluding with the annual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture.
… Genetics . This eye-catching cover pointed to the issue’s publication of Charles’ 2022 American Society of Human … the notion of human racial groups.” The NIH Common Fund's Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) program will … Ph.D. , chief and NIH distinguished investigator in NHGRI’s Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, recently …
Event
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 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 …
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 …