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Dr. Sandhya Xirasagar is a program director in NHGRI’s Office of Genomic Data Science.
… is a program director in NHGRI’s Office of Genomic Data Science. Prior to joining NHGRI in 2022, Sandhya was at … promoting, supporting, and coordinating genomic data science activities across NHGRI. She oversees an … grant portfolio focused on model organism databases, data science, and training to foster genomics and data …
News Release
NIH researchers have developed and released an innovative software tool, called Verso, to assemble truly complete (i.e., gapless) genome sequences from a variety of species. The software makes the process of assembling complete genome sequences more affordable and accessible.
… tested Verkko with human and non-human genome sequencing data. The software quickly and precisely assembled the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2021 issue of the Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. talks about the NIH UNITE program's goal to end structural racism in biomedical research.
… biomedical research, to science education and outreach, to data science policy and strategy. But before you get to those … issue of The Genomics Landscape , the NHGRI Genomic Data Science Working Group of the National Advisory Council … disparities: Why include people in research is they lack access to decent health care?” Funding Opportunities NIH …
News Release
H3Africa Consortium Array Will Bring Leading-Edge Genomics Tool to Address African Genomic Diversity
Illumina will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative.
… Illumina will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative … … Illumina will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative. … … Illumina will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative. …
Research Funding
CSER is rapidly advancing the knowledge necessary to develop best practices for implementating genomic sequence data into clinical care.
… but much more needs to be done before the use of sequence data becomes routine. Evidence regarding the most promising … Incorporation of comprehensive genomic sequence data into clinical care will require changes to institutional … psychosocial implications of returning genomic variation data, with all of the caveats regarding statistical …
Research Funding
The Genome Technology Program is refining current technologies to increase efficiency and decrease cost while maintaining or improving data quality.
… and decrease cost while maintaining or improving data quality and the integration of process steps is key to … may be grounds for discontinuation of funding. Provide access to the technology developed under this grant support … and implement plan to disseminate any quantity of sequence data if collected under this grant support. Genome …
News Release
Researchers sequence the genomes of healthy participants, then analyze the data to find presumed, mutations that might lead to a genetic condition.
… the genomes of healthy participants, then analyzed the data to find "putative," or presumed, mutations that would … of looking at the person after looking at the genomic data "iterative phenotyping." Researchers sifted through more … the genomes of healthy participants, then analyze the data to find presumed, mutations that might lead to a genetic …
Staff
Dr. Sergey Koren is an associate Investigator in the Genome Informatics Section of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research.
… a complete sequence from relatively short-range data generated by sequencing instruments, like a giant jigsaw … two images on top of each other, and leads to both data loss and errors in analysis. To mitigate these issues, … Dr. Koren pioneered the use of newer noisy long-read data (such as generated by Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) and …
Event
Workshop on use of race and ethnicity data in genomics, biomedical, and clinical research, and their influence on minority health and health disparities.
… a workshop to discuss the use of race and ethnicity data in genomics, biomedical, and clinical research, and … Research … Workshop on use of race and ethnicity data in genomics, biomedical, and clinical research, and … disparities. … Workshop on use of race and ethnicity data in genomics, biomedical, and clinical research, and …
News Release
Researchers used whole genome sequence data to investigate the origin of the mutation that causes "sickling" of red blood cells.
… and Global Health (CRGGH), have used whole genome sequence data to investigate the origin of the mutation that causes … the Sickle Allele … Researchers used whole genome sequence data to investigate the origin of the mutation that causes … Daniel Shriner … Researchers used whole genome sequence data to investigate the origin of the mutation that causes …