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Dr. Laura Elnitski is a senior investigator in the Translational and Functional Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Dr. Laura Elnitski is a recognized leader in functional genomics and … the human genome and their role in disease. She earned her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from The … Dr. Laura Elnitski’s research integrates genomics, epigenetics, and … Huang D, Petrykowska HM, Miller BF, Elnitski L , Ovcharenko I. Identification of human silencers …
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Dr. Laura Koehly is the chief of and senior investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.​
… Laura M. Koehly, Ph.D., is chief and senior investigator in the Social and … (NHGRI), National Institutes of Health. She earned her Ph.D. in quantitative psychology from the University of … CA, USA, 2019, pp. 2756-2762. Welch LR, Koehly LM, Elnitski L. Shared regulatory motifs in promoters of human …
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Laura Koehly, Ph.D., has been named chief of NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch.
… Laura Koehly, Ph.D., has been named chief of the Social and Behavioral … their talents and research," said Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI scientific director. "Her ability to cultivate a … because it touches every other branch within NHGRI." Laura Koehly, Ph.D., newly appointed chief of NHGRI's Social …
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Sonja Soo, Ph.D., is a science writer at NHGRI.
… Sonja Soo, Ph.D. … Sonja Soo, Ph.D., is a science writer at NHGRI. She writes press releases … and M.Sc. from the University of British Columbia and her Ph.D. from McGill University. … Sonja Soo, Ph.D. … Sonja Soo, Ph.D., is a science writer at NHGRI. … Sonja Soo, Ph.D., is a science writer at NHGRI. …
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William J. Pavan, Ph.D. is the chief of NHGRI's Genetic Disease Research Branch.
… from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and his Ph.D. in physiology from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, … fellowship in the laboratory of Shirley Tilghman, Ph.D., at Princeton University where he studied the … 2015. [ PubMed ] Fufa TD, Harris ML, Watkins-Chow DE, Levy D, Gorkin DU, Gildea DE, Song L, Safi A, Crawford GE, …
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Christopher Williams, Ph.D. served as the Deputy Chief of NHGRI's Education and Community Involvement Branch from 2024 to 2025.
… Christopher Williams, Ph.D. … Christopher Williams, Ph.D. served as the Deputy Chief of NHGRI's Education and … is a proud graduate of Georgetown University earning a Ph.D. in Biology, of Frostburg State University earning a … Christopher Williams, Ph.D. … Christopher Williams, Ph.D. served as the Deputy Chief of NHGRI's Education and …
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NIH researchers have identified a striking signature in tumor DNA that occurs in five different types of cancer.
… is like looking for a spruce tree in a pine forest," said Laura Elnitski, Ph.D., a computational biologist in the Division of … methylation, hypermethylation, blood tests and cancer, Laura Elnitski Ph.D., ZNF154 gene, polymerase chain reaction, PCR …
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Cynthia Tifft, M.D., Ph.D. is the deputy clinical director for the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… GM2 Gangliosidosis Nicoli ER, Annunziata I, d'Azzo A, Platt FM, Tifft CJ, Stepien KM. GM1 … counseling from Rutgers University. She received her Ph.D. in genetics from the University of Texas Graduate School … ML, Cook EK, Larman BC, Nugent A, Brady JM, Golebiowski D, Sena-Esteves M, Tifft CJ, Proia RL Cerebral organoids …
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Receiving a cancer diagnosis can feel like losing control of everything.
… which can then lead to diseases like cancer," said Laura Elnitski, Ph.D., a senior investigator in the Translational and … genome sequencing, Precision medicine, epigenome, cancer, Laura Elnitski …
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Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., served as the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 2009 to 2025.
… Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., served as the director of the National … comes from a scientific family. His father, Maurice Green, Ph.D., was a virologist at St. Louis University School of … WJ, Karolchik D, Bruen TC, Bevan R, Cutler DJ, Schwartz S, Elnitski L, Idol JR, Prasad AB, Lee-Lin S-Q, Maduro VVB, …