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About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… and values of NHGRI. … Completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project gave us the ability to read nature's … December 1984, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the International Commission for Protection against Environmental … a human.  1999 The International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium backs the rapid construction of a "working draft" …
Staff
Dr. Robb Rowley is an Internal Medicine Physician and a program director for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network.
… Physician and is the Program Director for the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Electronic Medical … has also been instrumental in establishing national and international plans and policies for incorporating genomics … trials, along with presenting original research at international scientific and medical meetings. … Biography … …
Staff
Dr. Julie Segre is chief and a senior investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… the University of Chicago. Dr. Segre joined the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH in 2000 and was … Dr. Segre is a leader in the NIH Roadmap Human Microbiome Project, communicating with multiple media sources … 2012. [ PubMed ] Human Microbiome Project Consortium. Structure, function and diversity of the healthy …
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.
… DNA sequence.) The findings, by scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, and … recent studies that also traced the genetic origins of human Sardinians to the Middle East and Hungary. Sardinian … the breed as a part of their local history and convince international breed registry organizations that the Fonni's …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… entirely define you. Well before the completion of the Human Genome Project, researchers began developing tools to … people. When scientists agreed to use the one "reference" human genome sequence generated by the Human Genome Project … data about human genomic variation at the IGSR: The International Genome Sample Resource . Additional Resources: …
Research Funding
The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) maintains and updates the human genome reference and provides it to the scientific community.
… Since the origin of the human reference in the completion of the International Human Genome Project, there has been a need to … diploid human genomes.  … NHGRI manages the HGRP as a consortium. Grantees for the Human Genome Reference Center, …
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.
… the use of genomics for addressing all threats to human health – infectious or otherwise.  Through various …  The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project is an international collaboration involving NHGRI-funded research … postponed to at least 2021. Further details regarding the 5th ELSI Congress will be posted here , once available. …  …
News Release
The Human Genome Project has been awarded the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award for ground-breaking advances in the field of medicine.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … The Human Genome Project has been awarded the 2017 Prince Mahidol … 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, collaborative research program aimed at the …
News Release
Researchers analyzing human, fly, and worm genomes have found these species have key genomic processes in common, reflecting their shared ancestry.
… Steven Benowitz … Researchers analyzing human, fly, and worm genomes have found that these species … and other biological processes vital to understanding human biology and disease. … The studies highlight the data … model organism ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (modENCODE) Consortium studied how gene expression patterns and …
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NHGRI researchers collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists worldwide to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … geneticists around the world to create the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. Health … M.D., and Paul Kruszka, M.D., co-created the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations with …