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Population genomics is the application of genomic technologies to understand populations of organisms.
… Founder Effect, Genetic Drift, HapMap, Human Genome Project … Population genomics is the large-scale application …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life. … Did you know that … bit of a mystery! When scientists started the Human Genome Project, they didn't even know how many genes were in the … for constructing three-dimensional "satellite" maps of genomes, where we can see what proteins bind to what DNA …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. Check out the latest oral histories … genomic resources, including through the HapMap project, 1000 Genomes project, and the African Genome Variation Project. He …
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.
… most important undertakings in science, the Human Genome Project, as well as a series of major genomics initiatives that immediately followed. As one of the project’s major leaders, his files contained key insights … director and a genomicist who worked on the Human Genome Project. Green had also spent a great deal of time thinking …
News Release
NHGRI has created a new publicly available digital archive and search aid for accessing documents related to the Human Genome Project and the history of genomics.
… trove of historical materials from the Human Genome Project. … … The Francis Collins Collection alone contains … such as the International Haplotype Map (HapMap) Project, 1000 Genomes, Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa), and …
Fact Sheets
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.
… as a deletion of thousands of bases. … The Human Genome Project, which was led at the National Institutes of Health … freely available in public databases. That international project was successfully completed in April 2003, under … whether their samples were actually used. The Human Genome Project was designed to generate a resource that could be …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details NHGRI's new Diversity in Genomics Workforce Initiative.
… to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. I encourage you to check out the … to celebrate a major milestone for the Human Genome Project. Francis Collins (on the right), then Director of the … Genomics Videos 30th Anniversary of the Human Genome Project Launch: interviews with genomics leaders – Ari …
Research Funding
The CEGS Program supports multi-investigator, interdisciplinary research teams who develop novel and innovative genomic research projects.
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI researchers are creating foundational tools and methods to expand genomics research, ultimately leading to medical breakthroughs.
Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.