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Fact Sheet
With increasing complexity in genomic data, researchers are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning as ways to identify meaningful patterns for healthcare and research purposes.
… Picture The genomics field continues to expand the use of computational methods such as artificial intelligence and machine learning … sets. This is why genomics researchers need AI/ML-based computational tools that can handle, extract and interpret …
Research Funding
NHGRI is initiating a new program-the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium to develop a framework for systematically understanding the effects of genomic variation on genome function and how these effects shape phenotypes.
… Center The Grimes lab applies single-cell technologies, computational genomics and systems biology to hematopoiesis … the genetics of Coronary Artery Disease and has developed methods to identify the effects of disease-associated … Helmholtz Zentrum München The Heinig lab is developing computational models for the design and analysis of single …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… sequencing. The underlying costs associated with different methods and strategies for sequencing genomes are of great … in size. Genomes are large and, at least with today's methods, their bases cannot be 'read out' in order (i.e., … of the human genome, which play an important role in the computational assembly process. Historically, the process of …
FAQ
On September 1 and September 27, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute hosted pre-application webinars about the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) RFA-HG-23-002, for potential applicants.
…   No, funds from RFA-HG-23-002 are not allowed for computational hardware purchases. The intent of this funding …
Educational Resources
Shotgun sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the DNA sequence of an organism's genome.
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the appointment of Dr. Adam Phillippy as the founding director of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research (CGDSR).
… PMC10632133   As genome-editing technologies improve, new methods are required to make large-scale genomic edits. Such … keep up, researchers need to develop and use more powerful computational approaches for deciphering biological knowledge … from large-scale genomic datasets. For example, new computational-based strategies are needed to connect genome …
Policies and Guidance
For FY2023, NHGRI’s extramural program will be operating under the NHGRI 2020 Strategic Vision.
… the implementation and effectiveness of genomic medicine, computational genomics and data science; training, … the implementation and effectiveness of genomic medicine; computational genomics and data science; training, … community. NHGRI prioritizes new genomic technologies or methods that are applicable to high-throughput, comprehensive …
News Release
LabGenius, a space-age ballpoint pen embedded with a tiny camera, can record the researcher's every stroke and scribble in the laboratory.
… the advanced lab equipment, the computer-programmer-turned-computational-biologist found paper notebooks just like the …
News Release
A new study by researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is challenging traditional practices for validating DNA sequencing results.
… that newer, faster, "next-generation" DNA sequencing (NGS) methods are as accurate - and perhaps more accurate - than … a lack of data showing that it's more accurate than newer methods." In addition, several studies in recent years have … - as accurately as Sanger sequencing. To compare both methods, Dr. Biesecker's group used patient DNA samples from …
Profile
Dr. Joan Bailey-Wilson, who retired in September 2022, looks back on her 42-year career as a scientist and reflects on the rapid growth of the genomics field.
… risk, which was groundbreaking. Later, we invented new methods that would allow us to include environmental risk … She and her team harnessed the power of statistics and computational techniques to show that genetics contributed to … current methods weren’t sufficient, they developed new computational approaches. In addition to her work in the …