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About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… The Human Genome Project (HGP) is one of the greatest scientific feats … to comprehensively study all of the DNA (known as a genome) of a select set of organisms. Launched in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the …
About Genomics
February 15, 2021 marks the 20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence.
… papers that revealed the first detailed look at the human genome's nearly complete sequence. A part of the Human Genome Project, these studies launched a new era in biomedicine that has since achieved ever-dropping sequencing costs, improved diagnosis of genetic disorders and …
Educational Resources
The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome.
… Human Genome Project … The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome. … Human Genome Project, Francis Collins, DNA, Genomics, Base Pairs … …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… May meeting of the National Advisory Council on Human Genome Research (NACHGR) will be held as a videoconference … and investigators in the Institute’s Intramural Research Program are jumping in to help with the many challenges being … Some research groups are deploying their available DNA-sequencing and genotyping capabilities to perform COVID-19 …
Genomics and Medicine
The NHGRI Genomic Medicine Working Group has compiled a list of interesting advances.
… Implementation Of Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, Oncology Sequencing, Disease-based Findings … The NHGRI Genomic …
Staff
Dr. Adam Felsenfeld is a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Adam Felsenfeld, Ph.D., is a Program Director with overall responsibility for the NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program (GSP), and specific responsibility for the …
News Release
A simple blood draw is replacing a giant needle to the belly for testing their fetuses for a range of genetic disorders.
… genomic medicine, has many predicting that prenatal whole genome sequencing will be widely available in the next five years. … But before prenatal whole genome sequencing is adopted, physicians in obstetrics and …
News Release
Researchers developed a technique that will aid in a more accurate reconstruction of human genomes.
… of human genomes by determining the sections of the genome that come from each parent. This new technique, … to identify further complexity within any type of genome - from plants to animals - and provide more precise … a genome from the much smaller pieces of DNA that sequencing machines are able to read, much like putting …
Media Advisory
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host researchers from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium, who have now sequenced the remaining 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two decades.
… discuss the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome via virtual conference call on March 31. … The … 8% of DNA that was unable to be sequenced by the Human Genome Project and has eluded researchers for nearly two … What: Virtual press conference to announce T2T consortium sequencing a complete human genome Moderator: Eric Green, …
News Release
Dr. Shchelochkov will oversee the research training, fellowship and residency programs at the institute.
… residency programs at the institute. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … — should be enormously valuable as he leads this program.” I am particularly enthusiastic about both the depth … fields have undergone enormous changes. Decoding the human genome in 2003 became a defining moment for the field and …