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The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. Check out the latest oral … 91st meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will take place on September 14-15. As usual, … is understanding how genomic variation affects genome function to influence phenotypes. NHGRI recently issued …
Research at NHGRI
The Translational and Functional Genomics Branch explores the genetic, epigenetic and metagenomic basis of human disorders.
… and Functional Genomics Branch (TFGB) studies how genome structure and function contribute to health by exploring the genetic, …
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 for Actionable Variant Analysis; measuring variant function at scale HG011969 Jesse Engreitz Thomas Quertermous … prioritization of systematic perturbations of the human genome HG011967 Soumya Raychaudhuri Alkes Price Shamil … MD Anderson Cancer Center University of Pittsburgh Linking genome variation to transcriptional network dynamics in human …
News Release
A new method of targeting specific DNA sequences in zebrafish could accelerate the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans.
… could dramatically accelerate the discovery of gene function and the identification of disease genes in humans, according to scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National … 5, 2015, and to be published in the July 2015 issue of Genome Research , the researchers reported that the …
Jobs at NHGRI
Funded postdoctoral positions are available in the laboratory of Dr. Shawn Burgess, within NHGRI's Translational and Functional Genomics Branch.
… and Functional Genomics Branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes … analysis of genomic data at multiple levels of genome organization, and cross-species genome assembly and analysis. Most experiments involve …
News Release
The newly launched Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) consortium to include 30 U.S. sites.
… Ph.D. … The newly launched Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) consortium to include 30 U.S. sites. … The … consortium, initiated and funded by NIH’s National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). NHGRI will fund 25 awards … will work to understand how genomic variation alters human genome function, and how such variation influences human …
News Release
NIH is launching a program, Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC), to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the molecular and cellular consequences of inactivating each gene.
… of Health is launching a program to better understand the function of every human gene and generate a catalog of the … in Cells (MorPhiC) program, managed by the National Human Genome Research Institute, aims to systematically investigate … Fletcher, Ph.D., NHGRI program director in the Division of Genome Sciences. “Understanding fundamental biology can help …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 1, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green reflects on the last 30 years since the launch of the Human Genome Project.
… Green, M.D., Ph.D. … Thirty years ago, today, the Human Genome Project (HGP) officially launched. I was there on the … been awarded one of the first center grants for the Human Genome Project by the then-named National Center for Human … about the Institute’s new Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) program. As featured in the September issue …
News Release
Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which helps administer the … gene expression. For the last decade, scientists have used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to study the role that … Akey and his coworkers plan to sequence the protein-coding genome regions of more than 15 tissue types and look for …
News Release
NHGRI appointed Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D., director of the Division of Genome Sciences, which researches human genome function in health and disease.
… Sheena Faherty, Ph.D. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has appointed Carolyn Hutter, Ph.D., the director of the Division of Genome Sciences - the NHGRI division that leads research aiming to understand the function of the human genome in health and disease, and seeks …