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A contig is a series of overlapping DNA sequences used to make a map that reconstructs the original DNA sequence of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome.
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Jim Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and other major advances in genomics.
… Mullikin pioneered DNA sequencing technologies during the Human Genome Project and … the whole progress, from the very early days of Sanger sequencing all the way to a complete telomere-to-telomere … NISC has evolved in tandem with rapidly advancing DNA sequencing technologies. When I was appointed acting director …
Fact Sheets
Comparative genomics is a field of biological research in which researchers compare the complete genome sequences of different species.
… biology of living things have changed over time. As DNA sequencing technology becomes more powerful and less … list continues to grow almost daily. In addition to the sequencing of the human genome, which was completed in 2003, … critical data for understanding genetic variation. DNA sequencing centers supported by NHGRI also have sequenced …
News Release
New grants totaling approximately $29.5 million will enable scientists to generate and maintain the most comprehensive reference sequence of the human genome.
… The funds are necessary for making advances in DNA sequencing technology and computational methods possible. As … will represent 350 genomes from the human population. The sequencing of the human genome was a landmark achievement in … The second component – the Human Reference Genome Sequencing Center - aims to sequence up to 350 additional …
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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 …
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Dr. Mullikin was the former director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… to analyze large data sets generated by systematic DNA sequencing projects. A highly skilled computational … analysis package called "Image", custom-modified 60 ABI377 sequencing machines to scan 96 lanes, developed a blazingly … driven sample loading, automated data transfer off the sequencing machines to the central computer cluster, and …
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, …
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 …