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Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations.
… The Big Picture Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical … and Differences among Worldwide Human Populations . Human Biology , 2021.  Race: Talking Glossary of Genetic and … way to place people into racial or ethnic groups using biology or innate characteristics. For example, people with …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … As signaled by the rapid arrival of cold weather and the seemingly overnight arrival of … prior to the official start of the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology  Meeting on February 27, 2019 in Marco … input. In addition, specific sessions were devoted to hearing from scientific trainees about their thoughts on …
MINC
The MINC teams were made up of an administrator and an educator. They learned a lot from this initiative that they wanted to share with you.
… Administrator, RN, MHS, OCN, NE-BC Director University of Kansas Cancer Center Kansas City, KS  Videos  Why did … … Cole Edmonson, Administrator, DNP, RN, FACHE, NEA-BC VP of Patient Care Services and Chief Nursing Officer Texas … recommendations do you have? … The MINC teams were made up of an administrator and an educator. They learned a lot from …
Research Funding
A list of the current courses that are funded by the NHGRI Initiative to Maximize Research Education in Genomics.
… Description Institution Translation and Integration of Genomics is Essential to Doctoral Nursing: TIGER A program … analyzing high-throughput data in genomics and molecular biology. The workshop is geared towards graduate students, … Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory CSHL Programming for Biology Course Focused on python and designed for lab …
News Release
Researchers are trying to understand a process whose rules are constantly being written and rewritten by cancer's rogue cells: who will more likely relapse.
… Kyle Davis … For a patient with cancer, two of the most important words in the oncologist's lexicon begin … some patients will hear the word relapse - a return of the cancer and its symptoms. These words necessarily lead … while others see their cancer return? To get a better idea of who will be more likely to relapse, researchers are trying …
Jobs at NHGRI
Funded postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Shawn Burgess, within NHGRI's Translational and Functional Genomics Branch.
… postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Shawn Burgess, Ph.D., within the Translational and … tissue regeneration and wound healing with an emphasis on hearing regeneration in zebrafish. There are multiple … Applicants should have comfort with some area of molecular biology, microscopy, genetics and genomics. Experience with …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 1, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., focuses on the NHGRI History of Genomics Program's preservation of historical assets related to the field of genomics as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
… Code exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. As described in the December 2021 issue … ) and a special issue of the Journal of the History of Biology on the historical legacy of the Human Genome Project … the history of genomics , the History of Molecular Biology and Genomics Lecture Series , a workshop and speaker …
Media Availability
TCGA researchers have found that chromophobe renal cell carcinoma stems partly from gene alterations in the mitochondria, the cell's energy supplier.
… The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have made a number of new findings about the biology and development of a rare form of kidney cancer. … … families, through research into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new fact sheets produced by the institute's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
… In the January issue of The Genomics Landscape , I reported that Francis Collins … Institute did not even last three months! In the middle of February, Francis agreed to serve as the Acting Science Advisor to President Biden and Acting Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and …
Genetic Disorders
Neurofibromatosis is a genetic neurological disorder that can affect the brain, spinal cord, nerves and skin.
… known as von Recklinghausen's NF, is the more common of the types. It occurs in approximately 1 in 4,000 births. … occurs less frequently- 1 in 40,000 births. Occurrences of NF1 and NF2 are present among all racial groups and affect … brain tumors. Ringing noises inside the ear (tinnitus), hearing loss and/or deafness. Cataracts at a young age. …