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Dr. Erin M. Ramos is the director of the Divison of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… in 2007 as a program director, initially in the Office of Population Genomics and later in the extramural Division of Genomic Medicine … implementation and sharing of PhenX measures. BMC Med Genomics, 7:16. 2014. [ PubMed ] Ramos EM, Hoffman D, Junkins … JH, McDonald CJ, Junkins HA, Ramos EM, Hamilton CM. Using PhenX measures to identify opportunities for …
News Release
An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… disease susceptibility that could easily be overlooked using less-tailored analyses," said Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D, … approach is not always best when it comes to population genomics." The research team identified novel evidence of how … malaria, Lassa fever, trypanosomiasis, African genomic population research …
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NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, keep heart disease patients out of hospitals and guide cancer clinicians and patients to the most effective drugs. … "The latest IGNITE-supported projects seek to show how using genomic information can impact health and, in …
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The goat has contributed its DNA to a new method for high-quality, low-cost genome reconstruction, one that will be useful for reading human and other genomes.
… Meat, milk, clothing and companionship are among the goat's many gifts since its … for accurately reading the genomes of individual humans and other animals, plants and insects. … had been attempted before, but like many genomes analyzed using past technologies, it was incomplete and highly …
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NHGRI researchers have discovered a new inflammatory disorder called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic syndrome (VEXAS), which is caused by mutations in the UBA1 gene.
… called vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory and somatic syndrome (VEXAS), which is caused by mutations in … while other cells carried the gene in its mutated form. Using DNA-sequencing methodologies, the researchers found … the various conditions into a new disease: VEXAS. “By using this genome-first approach, we have managed to find a …
Event
The Advances in Genomic Technology Development (AGTD) 2023 Annual Meeting was hosted by the Technology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) in-person and virtually from Tuesday, June 6, until Thursday, June 8, at The Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, La Jolla, CA.
… June 6, 2023  Time Topic Speaker 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Introduction Mark Adams, Ph.D. The Jackson Laboratory … MIT and Harvard 10:45 a.m. Chromosome conformation mapping using transposable phage Mu Peter Freddolino, Ph.D. … library preparation from low abundance inputs using a single-reaction ligation approach Varsha Rao, Ph.D. …
Research Funding
Effort to accelerate understanding of the molecular basis of cancer using genome analysis technologies, including large-scale genome sequencing.
… was a joint effort of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), … National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. More information on TCGA can be found on … then molecularly characterized over 20,000 primary cancer and matched noral samples from 33 cancer types. The over 2.5 …
Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.
… Group  (GMWG) compiles a list of interesting advances and helpful educational resources in genomic medicine. To … for specific publications by title, author, category and/or by date range.  For an explanation about the selection criteria and categories, see the list of categories and their …
Diversity Center
The Pacific Center for Genome Research (PCGR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) aims to grow and support Genomic Research workforce at UHM, a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), which has a mission to serve historically underrepresented population in biomedical research, namely, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
… at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) aims to grow and support Genomic Research workforce at UHM, a Minority … which has a mission to serve historically underrepresented population in biomedical research, namely, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. …