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… The NIH Human Microbiome Project: Catalyst for an emerging field in … 2018 Topics for this talküThe human microbiomeüNIH Human Microbiome Project, FY2007-2016üRecent advances in human microbiome research Body regionNumbersMouth (total)1010Lungs …
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​Chris Wellington is a program director for Computational Genomics and Data Science in the NHGRI Office of Genomic Data Science.
… Mr. Wellington worked on the NIH Common Fund Human Microbiome Project and the Big Data to Knowledge initiative. … and math from the University of Richmond in 2007. … Human Microbiome Project Consortium. 2012. A framework for human microbiome research . Nature . 486(7402):215-21. doi …
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NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… and India. The goal of Mr. Bonham's study, Insights Into Microbiome and Environmental Contributions to Sickle Cell … of participants' health status by studying the role of the microbiome (bacteria, fungi and viruses living in and on all … things like the role of stress, the impact of the microbiome and social factors on health status and quality of …
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NHGRI celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project with a "15 for 15" Celebration that commemorates the genomic advances since 2003.
… of Genome Sciences, about the lessons learned from microbiome research. Dr. Proctor's discussion topic is "Your Microbiome is a Part of this Microbial Planet." This Human …
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Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… and Behavioral Research Branch. She studies the skin microbiome and leg ulcers in patients with sickle cell …
Outreach
A list of high quality educational activities to engage students on DNA Day.
… to support teachers’ use of the instructional materials. Microbiome Lesson Plans from NHGRI Short Course in Genomics Alumni The microbiome lesson plans were inspired by lectures and resources on the microbiome offered at the National Human Genome Research …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Dr. Eric Green highlights Dr. Dan Kastner as the Federal Employee of the Year.
… efforts in managing the first phase of the Human Microbiome Project . She has been integral to the success of … to a second phase and its ultimate completion. The Human Microbiome Project is often cited as an 'exemplar' NIH Common … Fund program. It has also helped to establish and advance microbiome research at the NIH more broadly. Lita will stay …
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Dr. Shurjo Sen is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences who manages a portfolio of grants focused upon genomic data sciences, and is particularly interested in transitioning genomics from a centralized data repository model to cloud-based collaborative science.
… Between 2016-2019, he served as the co-director of NCI’s Microbiome and Genetics Core Laboratory, where he developed and implemented an array of robotics-based microbiome sequencing methods and corresponding analysis … M, Korangy F, Wang XW, Trinchieri G, Greten TF. Gut microbiome-mediated bile acid metabolism regulates liver …
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Kris Wetterstrand is the scientific liaison to the Director for Extramural Activities at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… functional DNA elements in the human genome, and the Human Microbiome Project, an effort to sequence the DNA of microbes …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how social media provides NHGRI staff with a space to talk about their work, make genomics topics easy to understand, and show how genomics can positively affect people.
… virtual activities. This year’s course featured the new Microbiome Lesson Plans , developed by educators and alumni … These were inspired by lectures and resources on the microbiome offered at various Short Courses in Genomics over … human gene … NHGRI Short Course in Genomics features new microbiome lesson plans for science educators … ISCC-PEG …