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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 in history. The project was a voyage of biological discovery led by an … October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s signature accomplishment – generating the first …
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 … sequence of the human genome. In 2003, the Human Genome Project produced a genome sequence that accounted for over … bacterium E. coli , baker’s yeast, fruit fly, nematode and mouse. The project’s architects and participants hoped the …
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 … multiple initiatives, including the International HapMap Project , the 1000 Genomes Project , the Genomic Resources Program, the Centers of …
Staff
Dr. Clesson Turner is the director of the Reverse Phenotyping Core and a staff clinician in the Center for Precision Health Research of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… is a staff clinician and director of the NHGRI Reverse Phenotyping Core. In 1995, he received a B.S. from the … MD. In 2021, Dr. Turner joined NHGRI to direct its Reverse Phenotyping Core in the Center for Precision Health Research. … focus is the development and implementation of reverse phenotyping protocols to advance the clinical impact of …
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
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," …
Staff
Lisa Garrett is an associate investigator and director of the NHGRI Transgenic Mouse Core.
… is a staff scientist and director of the NHGRI Transgenic Mouse Core at the NIH. In 1984, she received her M.S. at … 1994 and completed her thesis, The Tissue - Specificity of Mouse Ets-1 Regulatory Region in a Transgenic Model. In 1994, … supervisor in the NHGRI Embryonic Stem Cell and Transgenic Mouse Core and became director in 1997. Ms. Garrett oversees …
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 …
Research Funding
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) aims to identify all functional elements in the human and mouse genomes.
… Mapping of Long-Range Chromatin Interactions in Human and Mouse Genomes UM1 HG009409 Michael Snyder Stanford University … University of California, Irvine High Precision Human and Mouse Transcriptomes UM1 HG009443 Functional Characterization … vast amounts of data that can be accessed through the project's freely accessible database, the ENCODE Portal . …
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 … help commemorate the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project's completion in April 2003, the spring issue of the … NHGRI Program Director overseeing the Human Microbiome Project . … Genomics Research NIH Completes In-Depth Genomic …