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Human Genome Project
Record and submit a short video, capturing your thoughts/concerns/excitement about the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… October 1, 2020, marks the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project. NHGRI would like you to help us commemorate … your thought process, consider finishing one or more of the following prompts: When I first heard of the ambitious effort called the Human Genome Project, I was …  The Human Genome Project influenced …
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 … these topics are unsupported by science and are counter to the mission and values of NHGRI. … Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's …
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 … NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… Did you know that just knowing the genome sequence of an organism only reveals part of the story - and that it is also important to determine how … Although it's appealing to think of the genome sequence as the "book of life" for an organism - … directing if the bases are read or not.. For example, in cancer cells, methyl groups are often inappropriately added …
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 in history. The project was a … to comprehensively study all of the DNA (known as a genome) of a select set of organisms. Launched in October … The Human Genome Project … The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… The beginning of spring brings some good budgetary news for NIH and NHGRI. On March 11, the U.S. Congress passed a Fiscal Year 2022 federal budget, … is $639 million, an increase of 3.8% over last year. With the positive news about our Fiscal Year 2022 budget, we can …
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 life, the year 2018 is rapidly coming to an end. It has been … NHGRI will hold a strategic planning session prior to the official start of the Advances in Genome Biology and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… As the summer heat bears down on the country and the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic … genomics: the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. To amplify that drumbeat, the … A monthly update from the NHGRI Director on activities and accomplishments from the …
Event
Annual scientific lecture honoring NHGRI's founding scientific director, Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D.
… Todd Golub, M.D., director and a founding core member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, will present the lecture, Perspectives on Cancer Precision Medicine . Dr. Golub is a world leader in … p.m. Eastern Sharon E. Plon, M.D., Ph.D., professor at the Departments of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology, Molecular …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the Human Genome Project receiving the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award.
… and NHGRI finally received their Fiscal Year 2018 budgets. The news was worth waiting for! Overall, NIH was the recipient of an 8.8% increase (relative to Fiscal Year … getting a 5.6% ($29.7 million) increase. This represents the largest budget increase for NIH and NHGRI in well over a …