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Dr. Gerard Bouffard directs the Bioinformatics Group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… where he combined his interests in early genome sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome with the nascent … expedited gene discovery on this chromosome, and directed sequencing efforts in the early days of the Human Genome Project. In 1997, he co-founded the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) as director of the Bioinformatics …
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.
… What: Virtual press conference to announce T2T consortium sequencing a complete human genome Moderator: Eric Green, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 6, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., celebrates the 25th anniversary of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). a well-respected and highly used large-scale DNA sequencing center that exemplifies the evolution of the field of genomics and the ever-increasing abilities to produce prodigious amounts of genomic data.
… sequence to public databases weekly, as large-scale DNA sequencing had advanced substantially. At that time, it … Eric Green, proposed the idea of establishing a DNA sequencing center at NIH to Francis Collins and Jeff Trent … moved into their first research space in 1997 and began Sanger-based fluorescent DNA-sequencing using six slab …
Educational Resources
Cloning is the process of making identical copies of an organism, cell, or DNA sequence.
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… approach of using the best-available technologies for sequencing DNA and pushing them to their absolute limits. In … filling in the remaining bits because the technologies for sequencing DNA at that time were clearly not up to the task. … Project, more powerful technologies, such as long-read DNA sequencing methods and newer computational tools, aided …
Clinical Research
This team-based clinical service os provided by NHGRI to Intramural Investigators employing exome/genome sequencing.
… NHGRI to Intramural Investigators employing exome/genome sequencing to accomplish their research goals. The SGFS will … NHGRI to Intramural Investigators employing exome/genome sequencing. ​ … DNA Sequencing, Exam Sequencing, Genome Sequencing, Secondary …
Staff
Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… Medicine before returning to NHGRI and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center in 2011. He is currently the deputy director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center. As deputy director of NISC, Dr. Thomas evaluates and oversees implementation of new DNA sequencing technologies and protocols as well as efficiency …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 12, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the 20-year anniversary of the publications that reported the draft human genome sequence.
… the 1980s discussing the desirability and feasibility of sequencing the human genome, to the U.S. Department of … biomedical research. The International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium committed to rapid data sharing , … Ph.D., former head of sequencing at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, video chatted with NHGRI staff about their …
News Release
NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… National Institutes of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on … for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), which will use genome sequencing to explore the genomic contributions to common … cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. "Advances in DNA sequencing are creating tremendous new opportunities for …
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… Genomics (CCDG) are a collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to comprehensively identify rare risk and … Common Disease Genomics … Collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective … Variants, Genetic Risk, Common Disease, Rare Disease, Dna Sequencing, Dna Sequencing Technology … A collaborative …