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Researchers from NHGRI, Oxford University and other National Institutes of Health centers have developed and tested a new method to predict hospital-acquired infections involving five other important pathogens.
… monitoring tool can detect hospital-acquired infections early and potentially help reduce contagion. … This year, COVID-19 … Institutes of Health centers developed and tested a new method to predict hospital-acquired infections involving …
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NHGRI has selected Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the Institute’s Intramural Research Program.
… Phillippy to provide scientific leadership and shape direction of computational genomics in institute’s … Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the … received numerous awards, including the U.S. Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and the NIH …
Funding Opportunities
The NHGRI Genomic Innovator Awards support highly innovative work by early career genomics investigators who are part of consortia or other team-science efforts. All awardees work on critical, emerging topics in genomics. These awards recognize creative endeavors with great potential to accelerate future genomics research.
… Genomic Innovator Awards support highly innovative work by early career genomics investigators who are part of consortia … disorders, single-cell genomics, precision medicine and how the field handles massive amounts of genomic data. … Innovator Awards August 27, 2019 The Genomics Landscape : New NHGRI Grant Program to Support Innovative Genomic …
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Researchers have now identified and catalogued more species - nearly 200 new bacteria and thousands of viruses - that reside on the human skin than has ever been possible, largely due to advances in bioinformatics and laboratory techniques.
… Rachael Zisk … Study identifies nearly 200 new bacteria and thousands of viruses residing on skin, far … (SMGC), published today in Nature Microbiology . Investigators at the National Human Genome Research Institute …
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NHGRI published its “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics” in the journal Nature. This vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field.
… vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field. “We … NHGRI launched a new round of strategic planning in early 2018. “Our strategic engagement process for the past …
Genetic Disorders
Familial hypercholesterolemia is an inherited condition causing increased low density lipoprotein cholesterol at birth and heart attacks at an early age.
… density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol beginning at birth and heart attacks at an early age. … Familial hypercholesterolemia is an inherited … cholesterol beginning at birth, and heart attacks at an early age. Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that is found …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new and improved Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms - one of the premier educational resources offered by NHGRI, and it aims to help users better understand the basics of genomics and genetics.
… As the heat rises and the summer arrives, you might be looking for some indoor … a different site. By focusing on interoperability, the new NIH effort is improving the ability of researchers to … in computational genomics and data science NIH director’s early independence awards Supplements to advance precision …
Research Training
The FLAGSHIP program aims to train early career postdoctoral scientists to become future leaders in genomic sciences research.
… fully achieved without successfully attracting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce that includes people from … and fosters health equity. … FLAGSHIP aims to train early career postdoctoral scientists to become future leaders … Mentors … FLAGSHIP … The FLAGSHIP program aims to train early career postdoctoral scientists to become future leaders …
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NIH is launching a program, Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC), to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene.
… to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular … Division of Genome Sciences. The MorPhiC program offers a new approach to understanding gene function when compared to … MorPhiC program will be awarded to support the following investigators: Mazhar Adli, Ph.D. Northwestern University …
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Over the last 20 years, three families have been unknowingly linked to one another by an unknown illness. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and other organizations have now identified the cause of the illness, a new disease called CRIA syndrome. The results of their work were published on Dec. 11 in the journal Nature.
… (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and other organizations have now identified the cause of the illness, a new disease called CRIA syndrome. The results were published … a pioneer in the field of autoinflammatory diseases, and his team discovered CRIA, which has symptoms including …