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The Genomics Landscape
In the August 4, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the establishment of the Global Biodata Coalition (GBC), which aims to move towards more internationally coordinated, sustainable, and streamlined mechanisms that support the biodata ecosystem.
… ( part 1 and part 2 ) produced by the NHGRI History of Genomics Program and a recent fireside chat that I had with … within the HGP, as well as other large collaborative genomics projects, remains today. Open, quick, and quality … policies over the last two decades. NHGRI, as a leader in genomics, has also developed policies and practices that go …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
… past few months, NHGRI staff will continue pursuing our genomics-driven mission, whether working remotely from home … findings of sexual harassment. Last month’s issue of The Genomics Landscape featured NHGRI efforts to develop a plan for substantially increasing the diversity of the genomics workforce in the United States. This included …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… program that will aim to further build capacity for genomics research in the United States. NHGRI staff is now … to launch this new program, which will further disseminate genomics expertise across the biomedical research enterprise … that NHGRI regards as important for the growth of genomics overall. We are grateful to the U.S. Congress for …
Event
On March 13-14, 2017, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in partnership with the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) hosted a strategic visioning meeting for a proposed GLEE Initiative.
… Society Jim Thomas NIH/NHGRI Ivory Toldson Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network Beth Tuck NIH/NHGRI … Additional Resources … organizations, non-profits, government and K-16 education organizations. At the meeting, participants … Genomic Literacy Education and Engagement Strategic Visioning Meeting …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI researchers develop freely available software and analysis tools to help researchers around the world analyze and explore their genomic data.
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For Patients and Families
The partnership engages communities on genomics, informs and shares perspectives, and impacts the focus of research.
… The Partnership for Community Outreach and Engagement in Genomics brings together community liaisons and health … representing diverse populations to engage communities on genomics, inform and share perspectives, and impact the focus … The Partnership for Community Outreach and Engagement in Genomics was established in 2014. The partnership brings …
Educational Resources
Fact sheets explaining complex concepts in genomics research to a non-scientific audience.
… this series of fact sheets to explain complex concepts in genomics research to a non-scientific audience. Teachers, … Fact Sheets about Genomics … Fact sheets explaining complex concepts in genomics research to a non-scientific audience. ​ … Chromosome Abnormalities, Cloning, Comparative Genomics, Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA), DNA Microarray, DNA …
Educational Resources
A genome-wide association study (GWAS) is an approach used in genetics research to associate specific genetic variations with particular diseases.
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News Release
NIH will award $38.5 million over five years to the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, which aims to build a widely available resource of human developmental gene expression in a multitude of tissues for use in basic and clinical research.
… samples and information on gene expression — important resources that scientists needed to understand how … Additional Resources … NIH will expand existing gene expression resources bank to include developmental tissues …
Educational Resources
Genomic variation refers to diversity in gene frequencies.
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