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The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project has created a detailed resource on the letters of life, DNA, identifying genes and regions that may regulate genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … ENCODE Project's third phase offers new insights into the … and genome … The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project is a worldwide effort to understand how the human … With the completion of its latest phase, the ENCODE Project has added millions of candidate DNA “switches” from …
Fact Sheet
A fact sheet detailing how the project began and how it shaped the future of research and technology.
… The Big Picture The Human Genome Project was a landmark global scientific effort whose … was a large, well-organized, and highly collaborative international effort that generated the first sequence of the … Project. Dr. Collins served as the de facto leader of the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium, the group …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details the legacy of the Human Microbiome Project as it reaches completion.
… catalyzed the launching of the NIH Human Microbiome Project (HMP). In 2007, the NIH Common Fund initiated the HMP … in the leadership of multiple initiatives, including the International HapMap Project , the 1000 Genomes Project , the Genomic …
Research Funding
The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project will create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases
… 2010 (See: NIH launches Genotype-Tissue Expression project ), GTEx will create a resource that researchers can … gift of tissues and medical information to the GTEx project makes possible research that will help improve our … cure these diseases in the future. In addition, the GTEx project includes a study to explore the effectiveness of the …
News Release
Scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of genomic differences among humans.
… Steven Benowitz … An international team of scientists from the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium has created the world's largest catalog of … Institutes of Health (NIH), helped fund and direct this international public-private consortium of researchers in the …
News Release
NIH and Inova Health are launching The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort, a pilot project that will examine gene and gene variant influence on phenotypes.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Databases such as the 1000 Genomes Project and the Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) harbor … The Genomic Ascertainment Cohort (TGAC), a two-year pilot project that will allow them to recall genotyped people and … traits, such as height, eye color or blood type. The project reverses a long-standing research paradigm of …
News Release
Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… grants as part of the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project to explore how human genes are expressed and … over three years pending the availability of funds. The project is funded by the NIH Common Fund, the National … (NHLBI). "The new studies complement the current GTEx project in assessing genomic variation and gene expression," …
Research at NHGRI
The Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy project utilizes a deliberative stakeholder-engagement approach to develop patient educational materials for sickle cell disease gene therapy.
… them make such decisions. … The Democratizing Education Project welcomes your feedback about the sickle cell disease … Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy project invited more than 50 stakeholders to participate in a … leaders, government representatives and researchers. The project group met over four days in both large and small …
Staff
Dr. Colin Fletcher is the program director in the Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP) in NHGRI's Extramural Research Program.
… principally responsible for supervising The Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP). The goal of the KOMP program, expected to be … is now working to implement The Knockout Mouse Phenotyping Project (KOMP2). The goal of this program is to covert the … … Colin Fletcher, Ph.D. … Colin Fletcher, Knockout Mouse Project (KOMP), Knockout Mouse Phenotyping Project (KOMP2), …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the Human Genome Project receiving the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award.
… the Field of Medicine 2017) recognizes the Human Genome Project for its collaborative success that has contributed to … 2017 Prince Mahidol Award reflects the far-reaching and international impact of the HGP. The entire field of genomics … help commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project's completion in April 2003, the spring issue of the …