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Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of … instructions needed to develop and direct the activities of nearly all living organisms. DNA molecules are made of two twisting, paired strands, often referred to as a …
Research Training
The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center.
… promotes precision medicine and spurs the development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics in the NIH … in clinical research and clinical care. The NIH Office of Intramural Research (OIR), the National Human Genome … Clinical Center for sample processing. There will be no cost to the investigator for the exome sequencing. We are …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 1, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green reflects on the last 30 years since the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Thirty years ago, today, the Human Genome Project (HGP) officially launched. I was there on the … then a postdoctoral research fellow in the laboratory of genomics pioneer Maynard Olson at Washington University School of Medicine. The university was fortunate to have been …
Staff
Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… recognition, having earned a Ph.D. from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. Dr. Mullikin first began to apply … skills to the genomics field in 1997, just as the Human Genome Project was scaling up. He has been involved in many … to analyze large data sets generated by systematic DNA sequencing projects. A highly skilled computational …
News Release
A team of NIH-funded researchers have generated the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human primates.
…  A team of researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health … Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and an author … has only become possible in recent years due to new DNA sequencing technologies and analysis methods. These …
News Release
On June 26, 2000, nearly 10 years into the 13-year project, President Bill Clinton announced an important milestone for the Human Genome Project at a major White House ceremony.
… The signature goal of the Human Genome Project (HGP) was to generate a sequence of the three … accuracy using remarkable technological improvements. The cost of genome sequencing is down over a million-fold, … NHGRI commemorates 20th anniversary of White House event announcing draft human genome sequence …
Educational Resources
Cloning is the process of making identical copies of an organism, cell, or DNA sequence.
… Cloning is the process of making identical copies of an organism, cell, or DNA sequence. … methods to make identical, or virtually identical, copies of an organism, cell or DNA sequence. The phrase “molecular … refers to isolating and copying a particular DNA segment of interest for further study. …
Clinical Research
The CLINSEQ® Study seeks to learn about the role that your genes play in your health.
… your health. We do this by getting a DNA sample from you, sequencing most or all of your genes, and comparing that to what we know about your … health histories. We look at genes related to a variety of conditions, including heart disease, breast cancer, and … we still need more volunteers for the study. Each member of the study has a clinical visit and tests to look at heart …
About Genomics
A introduction to basic concepts in genomics to help you understand your genome, how it works, and how it impacts your health.
… disorder. The results help to determine a person’s risk of developing the specific disorder being tested for. These … or rule out a suspected genetic disorder. The results of a diagnostic test may help you make choices about how to … identify biological family members, suspects, and victims of crimes and disasters. …
Event
NHGRI meeting focused on research that rapidly advances best practices for the implementation of genomic sequence data into clinical care.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored the meeting eMERGE & CSER: The Convergence of Genomics and Medicine at the Bethesda Hyatt in Bethesda, … necessary to develop best practices for the implementation of genomic sequence data into clinical care, as well as …