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Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… Findley's high school biology teacher made science fun and interesting, inspiring her to pursue a career in science. … Institute's (NHGRI) Social and Behavioral Research Branch. She studies the skin microbiome and leg ulcers in … Findley shared the steps she took towards her career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students. She was …
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John Ohab, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and science communicator, has been named chief NHGRI's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
… a nationwide search, John Ohab, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and science communicator, has been named chief of the Communications and Public Liaison Branch (CPLB) at the National Human Genome Research Institute … the tremendous energy needed to tell the evolving story of genomics in the 21st century," said DPCE Director Laura Lyman …
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Dr. Adam Phillippy is head of the Genome Informatics Section and the chief and senior investigator in the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research at NHGRI.
… Dr. Adam Phillippy is a Senior Investigator and head of the Genome Informatics Section at the National … Genome Research Institute. His lab develops and applies computational methods for the analysis of massive genomics datasets, focusing on the challenges of genome …
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.
… from home. If you are seeking some virtual connections to genomics, I would like to offer some “remote learning” … Last month, Dr. Sara Hull (NHGRI Bioethics Core Director) and I answered questions about bioethics and genomics … the overarching aim of which is to apply experimental and computational approaches for systematically examining the …
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Dr. Tyra Wolfsberg is the associate director of the Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… is the associate director of NHGRI's Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core. Her research program focuses … and other biologically relevant sequence data. The computational pipelines will be used to annotate additional … for the genome of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi . BMC Genomics , 15(1):316. 2014. [ PubMed ] Lafave MC, Varshney …
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Dr. Andy Baxevanis has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
… … Andy Baxevanis, Ph.D., a senior scientist leading the Computational Genomics Unit at the National Human Genome Research Institute … evolution. "Being named an AAAS Fellow is quite an honor, and it's humbling to be recognized by my scientific peers and …
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Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… by researchers from the National Institutes of Health and Partners Healthcare/Harvard Medical School.* … Diverse … investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute … Bonham is also the Senior Advisor to the NHGRI Director on Genomics and Health Disparities. "Because genomic information …
Jobs at NHGRI
Funded postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Shawn Burgess, within NHGRI's Translational and Functional Genomics Branch.
… of Shawn Burgess, Ph.D., within the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research … analysis with high-throughput mutagenesis approaches, computational analysis of genomic data at multiple levels of …
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Fearful patients who received information about the role of genomics in obesity were less likely to take steps to improve health habits
… that requires a tetanus shot. But when those bad days, and the emotions they provoke, precede a visit to the doctor, … patients who received information about the role of genomics in being overweight viewed the information as … investigator with the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute …
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.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … This issue of The Genomics Landscape comes at an especially difficult time, … across the United States on top of the illness, death, and physical isolation that we have been experiencing … Bill Gahl, Senior Investigator in NHGRI’s Medical Genetics Branch and Founding Director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases …