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The Genomics Landscape
In the November 5, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green focuses on the 2020 Strategic Vision.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … October was a particularly busy (and exciting) month for NHGRI. In addition to celebrating the … (consisting of infrastructure, resources, training, genomic literacy, data science, and exciting areas of … impede progress in genomics,” is a call-to-action for high-risk pursuits to eliminate obstacles related to DNA synthesis …
Media Advisory
On August 16-18, 2017, NIH hosted a workshop, "The Human Microbiome: Emerging Themes at the Horizon of the 21st Century."
… human development, physiology, immunity, brain development and behavior, and to create research resources for this emerging field. … … implements technology to understand, diagnose and treat genomic and genetic diseases. Additional information about …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is ending diagnostic odysseys for patients with rare diseases.
… 80 percent of these rare disorders are genetic in origin, and 95 percent of them do not have even one treatment … disorder. It is difficult to overstate the relief that genomic testing has brought to many of these patients and … they could apply to the NIH's Undiagnosed Disease Network . This national network of medical and research …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… – ENCODE was able to develop an updated and much-improved genomic encyclopedia, expanding its provision of critical … years for the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Genomic Risk Assessment and Management Network. The funds, awarded to …
The Genomics Landscape
In 2022, The Genomics Landscape spotlighted genomic data sharing each month in a series of entries. This page contains a collection of each of those entries.
… sharing is central to the field of genomics. Both human and non-human genomic data have been widely shared through public data … For example, the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network has been involved in expanding the …
Outreach
Become an official member of the National DNA Day Network by planning and registering your event.
… Become an official member of the National DNA Day Network by planning and registering your event. Your event will be listed on the National DNA Day Network Map and offers an opportunity to expand your event's reach and …
Staff
Christopher R. Donohue is historian at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and co-manages the NHGRI History of Genomics Program.
… of Health (NIH). He established the historical digital genomic holdings at the NHGRI and co-manages the History of Genomics Program. The History of Genomics Program is a unique history and science communications effort at the NIH that uses the …
Research Funding
The Division of Extramural Operations conducts the review of NHGRI's grant applications and grants management.
… including conducting the review of grant applications and grants management. … The Division of Extramural Operations … this mission, the division: Provides leadership and advice to the director on implementing and coordinating …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., emphasizes the importance of the Technology Transfer Office and its mission to manage all the legal negotiations that help to protect federally funded research from being unduly exploited, while also giving that research avenues to reach patients through the commercialization of promising advances.
… their way into pop culture. Recently, four NHGRI-funded genomic scientists were named among the 100 most influential … Ph.D. , Karen Miga, Ph.D. , Evan Eichler, Ph.D. , and Michael Schatz, Ph.D. were honored for their roles in … intramural researchers must responsibly share large-scale genomic data with the broader research community. The two …
News Release
National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… … Hearing loss affects around 37.5 million Americans, and most cases come from the loss of hearing receptors known … and zebrafish are visually quite different, but at a genomic level, they share more than 70% of their genes. This … found that hair cell regeneration in zebrafish relied on a network of proteins that can switch genes on and off, known …