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About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… ** James Watson was the first NHGRI Director and appears here as part of our history collection. Despite … career was also punctuated by a number of offensive and scientifically erroneous comments about his beliefs on race, nationalities, homosexuality, gender and other societal topics. Dr. Watson’s opinions on these …
Scientific Community
NHGRI's world-class genomics researchers are accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health.
… NHGRI is a leading authority for genomics research related to human health and disease. By conducting world-class genomics research, NHGRI accelerates scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health. … Genome Project by translating genomic knowledge into tools and approaches for improving the treatment, prognosis, and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the new director of NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… a 'Center' (the National Center for Human Genome Research) and transitioned to full-fledged 'Institute' status. At age … 23, 2018. I encourage you to submit your research ideas and help shape the future goals of this important NIH … A monthly update from the NHGRI Director on activities and accomplishments from the institute and the field of …
Staff
Dr. Ferreira was a staff clinician in the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch and the head of the Skeletal Genomics Unit.
… Dr. Carlos Ferreira went to medical school at the National University of Asunción, … an Internal Medicine residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago (2009-2012), a fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the NHGRI and Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Genetics consortium …
About Genomics
NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key policy issues
… NHGRI is committed to driving the responsible use of genomics in society in order to advance knowledge and ensure that genomics benefits the health of all humans. To do this, we consider the ethical, legal, and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including …
Fact Sheet
Pharmacogenomics is a growing area of genomic medicine that uses a patient's genomic information to help healthcare providers select the medications and dosages that are predicted to work best in each patient.
… combines two scientific areas, pharmacology and genomics , to study how a person’s DNA affects their response … reaction.  Pharmacogenomics is part of the growing medical areas of genomic medicine and precision medicine … of which medication (typically among a set of options) and dose will be most effective for that patient while …
Educational Resources
Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism.
… that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the … alterations to the underlying sequence. The DNA letters and the proteins that interact with DNA can have chemical … that change the degrees to which genes are turned on and off. Certain epigenetic modifications may be passed on …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… As signaled by the rapid arrival of cold weather and the seemingly overnight arrival of holiday-themed daily … is rapidly coming to an end. It has been another energetic and productive year at NHGRI, with every indication that 2019 will keep us just as busy. In particular - and as you will read below - the NHGRI strategic planning …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps activities from National DNA Day 2019.
… As featured in The Genomics Landscape earlier this year, Dr. Bill Gahl recently … a workshop in September focused on genomics in medicine and health. In advance of that meeting, we are soliciting ideas about the anticipated challenges and opportunities over the next decade in this area of …
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.
… of a select set of organisms. Launched in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s … which has since accelerated the study of human biology and improved the practice of medicine. Learn more about the … an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species. …