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The centers define the state-of-the-art study designs and methods to find variants and genes underlying Mendelian disorders.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute funded the Centers for Mendelian Genomics (CMG) in 2011 with the charge to discover as many genes underlying … as possible. In doing so, the CMGs will define the state-of-the-art study designs and methods to find the variants and …
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.
… Green, M.D., Ph.D. … As Summer 2020 comes to an end, many of us continue to spend the bulk of our time working from … encompass five components: Functional Characterization Centers, Regulatory Network Projects, Mapping Centers, a Data … are due on October 30, 2020. …  The NHGRI Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) program supports the …
Research Funding
Coordinates activities across the Genome Sequencing Program components
… Sequencing Program Coordinating Center (GSPCC) was funded in 2016 to coordinate activities across the Genome Sequencing … Tara Matise, Ph.D. and Steven Buyske, Ph.D. Funded Centers Centers for Common Disease Genomics Washington … Investigator: Richard Wilson, Ph.D.  Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard , Cambridge, Massachusetts Principal …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green features the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … Happy New Year! The arrival of 2018 brings great anticipation about what this year might … intramural researchers at NHGRI and other NIH institutes/centers. Under the current leadership of Director Jim … received a grant award as part of NHGRI's Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science  (CEGS) program. The AMA will …
News Release
Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., has been presented with the 2018 HudsonAlpha Life Sciences Prize from the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
… Amy Bentley … In recognition of his "unique and significant contributions … in recognizing the critical need to increase diversity in genomic science so that tomorrow's medicine and biotechnology …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the new director of NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… your attention to a request for information from the All of Us  Research Program. The deadline for submitting use case … include the NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program (GSP); the Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) Program; the …
News Release
eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five years.
… $75 million over five years. … The National Institutes of Health has announced the provision of $75 million in funding over five years for the Electronic Medical Records … … About NHGRI and NIH … Related Content … NIH funds centers to improve the role of genomics in assessing and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… I gave four talks – specifically, at the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore, the National Institute of … for a new competitively awarded grant program for Emerging Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science. With these funds, NHGRI aims …
Fact Sheet
Genomic data science is a field of study that enables researchers to use powerful computational and statistical methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequences.
… The Big Picture Genomic data science is a field of study that enables researchers to use powerful … methods to decode the functional information hidden in DNA sequences.  Estimates predict that genomics research … and software. Increasingly, data analysis and coordination centers are part of research networks and provide these …
Diversity Center
Meharry Medical College establishes a Diversity Center for Genome Research (DCGR) that will narrow inequitable representation gaps for underrepresented, disadvantaged minority by realizing their vision to promote African ancestry genomic research through infrastructure building and the formation of basic, clinical, and computational science research teams that are inclusive, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged.
… research through infrastructure building and the formation of basic, clinical, and computational science research teams … infrastructure and processes supporting academic excellence in genomics research of populations with African … Center for Genome Research at Meharry Medical College centers on the genetic basis of chronic diseases prevalent …