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Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo is an associate investigator and deputy director of NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… investigator at NHGRI in 2016. Dr. Adeyemo works on the genomics of complex disease, focusing on cardiometabolic … author of the papers describing: the first genome scan for obesity in an African population, the first genome-wide linkage analysis for serum lipids in an African population, the first study of …
About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… us the ability to read nature's complete genetic blueprint for a human. This interactive timeline lists key moments from … generated by federally funded large-scale human sequencing centers. The "Bermuda Principles" are drafted to encourage … establish rapid prepublication data release as the norm in genomics and other fields. Project leaders reconvene in …
Staff
Barbara Thomas is a scientific review officer for the Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR).
… Review Officer and Executive Director of the NIH Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) , a trans-NIH program … Committee (DAC), which evaluates data access requests for NHGRI datasets in dbGaP. Dr. Thomas received a B.S. … where she was the Scientific Review Officer for the Genomics, Computational Biology and Technology study section. …
Staff
Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… began his research in the emerging field of comparative genomics. Dr. Thomas went on to be an assistant professor in … NISC. Comparative Sequencing Program. Genomic resources for the endangered Hawaiian honeycreepers. BMC Genomics , … Rudd, M.K., Thomas, J.W. Development of genomic resources for the prairie vole ( Microtus ochrogaster ): construction …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… month! The 100th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR) will take place on … times a year, NHGRI convenes NACHGR, a group of leading genomics experts who advise the institute about all aspects … ‘G5’ and included leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers that produced the largest amount of human genome …
News Release
NIH will award nearly $80 million to support the establishment of the Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium and the development of novel methods and approaches that help researchers identify the genetic causes of single-gene diseases.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … The Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium will include five centers and a data coordination site. … The National … significantly increase the number of Mendelian disorders for which the genetic cause is known. To achieve this, the …
News Release
Ten investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center.
… part of a two-year initiative, called the Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity (CCGO), which is encouraging NIH … Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the NIH Deputy Director for Intramural Research, and the NIH Clinical Center. Using … explores the 1-2 percent of the genome that codes for proteins, the most likely place to find DNA differences …
Policy Issues
Most ethical discussions about genome editing center on human germline editing because changes are passed down to future generations.
… researchers generally believe that human genome editing for reproductive purposes should not be attempted at this … Summit on Human Gene Editing  in Washington, DC. For more information on this summit, see What's happening … the approaches, objectives and global society. Brief Funct Genomics, 16(1), 46-56. doi:10.1093/bfgp/elv053 [8] Park, A. …
Staff
Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… Dr. Mullikin first began to apply these skills to the genomics field in 1997, just as the Human Genome Project was … greatly sped up the process of SNP discovery, first for The SNP Consortium Project and later in the International … developing data analysis methods specifically tailored for each class of project. … Applied math and physics, signal …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH facilitates understanding of the relationship between genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution to inform health disparities.
… The Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) facilitates a global … into the roles of culture, lifestyle, genetics, and genomics in disease etiology, differential susceptibility to … primary objectives: Develop genomic resources for the conduct of primary research into the etiology of …