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Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.
… Group (GMWG) is compiling a list of interesting advances and helpful educational resources in genomic medicine. To … for specific publications by title, author, category and/or by date range. For an explanation about the selection criteria and categories, see the list of categories and their …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, reflects on the twelve years of groundbreaking research by the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-generating Research (CSER) consortium.
… until November 17. The CR allows the federal government, and NHGRI, to operate until an official budget is passed by … in June 2023. Over the past two decades, the power of genome sequencing has become evident in disciplines like … one of the most relevant areas for humanity is the use of genome sequencing in medicine; that is, genomic medicine (a …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the December 2021 NHGRI symposium's success in confronting the difficult pasts of eugenics and scientific racism.
… that 2022 would begin on a bright note, but the genetics and genomics communities started the year losing two … contributions to unraveling the complexities of the human genome and advanced studies in human genetics, including by … from our status as a center (the National Center for Human Genome Research) and renamed as the National Human Genome …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details the American Society of Human Genetics' (ASHG) new strategic plan, which aims to get people everywhere to realize the benefits of genomics and genetics research.
… Mullis, inventor of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Nobel Prize winner, passed away last month. The … of PCR was instrumental to the success of the Human Genome Project, with PCR-based methods now central to myriad … 87th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will take place on September 16. You can join …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green describes the evolution of the NHGRI Intramural Research program over the last three decades talks about its future in conducting truly exceptional basic, translational, and clinical genomics research.
… , was a huge success. Dozens of healthcare professionals and over 700 other participants convened virtually to discuss … developed a new tool to help scientists study how a single genome creates all the distinct cells of the human body. The … 99 th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research, as did the co-chairs of the Blue Ribbon …
Policy Issues
Synthetic biology is a field of science that involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes by engineering them to have new abilities.
… them to have new abilities. Synthetic biology researchers and companies around the world are harnessing the power of … synthetic biology is similar to another approach called " genome editing " because both involve changing an organism's genetic …
News Release
LabGenius, a space-age ballpoint pen embedded with a tiny camera, can record the researcher's every stroke and scribble in the laboratory.
… like the ones Albert Einstein used nearly 100 years ago. And researchers' use of paper notebooks was ubiquitous, even … M.D., Ph.D., intramural researcher at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and NIH director. … "It's easy to become comfortable with …
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.
… addition to meeting with numerous researchers, students, and government leaders, I gave four talks – specifically, at … asked to lead the new NHGRI program. … The Clinical Genome (ClinGen) Resource is an NHGRI-funded program and the … Eighty-Eighth meeting: National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research – Feb. 10 Mendelian Centers RFAs webinar – …
The Genomics Landscape
In June 1, 2023, edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the NHGRI-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium releasing a high-quality collection of human genome reference sequences, which together comprise a human “pangenome” reference.
… Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D. , former NIH director and current senior investigator in the NHGRI Intramural … 99 th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research , held last month, are now available on the … 100 th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in September. All the best, … The …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the NHGRI Intramural Research Program as well as announces the launch of a new digital history archive.
… papers related to sustaining the biodata infrastructure and open data strategies. Feedback can be provided via the … of gene expression in humans and chimpanzees Barr et al. Genome Biol 2023 Sep 11; 11;24(1):207 PMID: 37697401 … living relative, evolutionarily, are other primates. Genome sequences are 95% identical among primate species, and …