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The Human Genome Project has been awarded the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award for ground-breaking advances in the field of medicine.
… The Human Genome Project has been awarded the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award … by Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … The Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, was an international, … The Human Genome Project is awarded the Thai 2017 Prince Mahidol …
Statement
NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D, Ph.D., provides remarks for the May 10, 2023 media briefing about the new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human populations than what was previously available.
… you, Lisa. Hello, I’m Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the Institutes and Centers … major advance in generating a high-quality human pangenome reference . This pangenome reference represents an incredible … Remarks from the Human Pangenome Media Briefing …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 5, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green focuses on the 2020 Strategic Vision.
… to celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which was featured in last month’s The … paper to provide a compelling and informative vision for human genomics in the coming decade. I would also like to … collaboration with the other funders associated with the Human Genome Project. Following completion of the Project, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details the legacy of the Human Microbiome Project as it reaches completion.
… ‘Genomics2020’ Strategic Planning Process entitled “From Genome to Phenotype: Genomic Variation Identification, Association, and Function in Human Health and Disease.” The workshop included valuable … a special ‘shout out’ about NHGRI’s Intramural Research Program and its remarkably productive investigators. Note …
News Release
NIH researchers have sequenced the whole genome of a dog native to Sardinia, Italy, and discovered in it clues about the migration of humans to the area.
… of Health (NIH) researchers have sequenced the whole genome of a dog that is native to the mountains of Sardinia, … in it clues about the migration of humans to the area. (A genome is an organism's complete DNA sequence.) The findings, by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and …
Research Training
NHGRI funds training and career development programs at academic, medical and other institutions throughout the U.S.
… T32 Genome Science Predoc Postdoc Institution Program Title Program Director(s) Program Support ✔ Harvard … Josh Akey Kara Dolinski ✔ ✔ Stanford University Stanford Genome Training Program Michael Snyder Wendy Christiansen ✔ … T32 Genomic Medicine Predoc Postdoc Institution Program Title Program Director(s) Program Support ✔ …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the legacy the LINCS program leaves as it has completed its goal of creating a large-scale, systematically generated molecular and cellular dataset.
… those participating in genomics research. “My research program revolves around a cohort of patients with various … of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) program , a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund … and environmental stressors. The basic components of the human body involve many biological systems working together …
News Release
NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… On July 28-29, 2014, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) convened geneticists, … advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … and Beyond: A Planning workshop for the National Human Genome Research Institute , was the third formal review …
News Release
In August 2022, NHGRI History of Genomics Program celebrates 10 years of chronicling how the field of genomics began and evolved, with a particular emphasis on the role of NHGRI.
… The storied life of the NHGRI History of Genomics Program … In September 2008, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) was experiencing a seismic … that exchange, the seeds of the NHGRI History of Genomics Program were planted. This month, the NHGRI History of …
Infographic
An infographic that explains why it was so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence.
… Why was it so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence? The Human Genome Project ended in 2003, but genomic researchers … The human genome contains a massive amount of DNA. The human genome … of our DNA are painfully repetitive. Some sections of the human genome sequence consist of long, repetitive stretches …