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NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… provide expert advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … The two-day meeting, titled, Future Opportunities for Genome Sequencing and Beyond: A Planning workshop for the National … risk for common disease. He said that one goal for the next five years should be to advance the understanding of the …
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… The Genome Sequencing Program is consists of the following centers … funding opportunity announcements. … The NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program (GSP) has evolved from NIH's participation in the International Human Genome Sequencing Project (HGP). In addition to creating an …
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NIH lost a key member of its broader genomics team when Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the NISC sequencing group at NIH, retired on Dec. 31, 2015.
… 31 retirement of Robert Blakesley, Ph.D., director of the sequencing group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center … has spiked in the last six years with the introduction of next-generation DNA sequencing: during that time, NISC generated …
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Ten investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects at the NIH Clinical Center.
… Kaegi … Ten intramural investigators will receive exome sequencing data as part of their clinical research projects … NIH Clinical Center. Using CCGO funds, the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center will sequence the exomes of 1,000 NIH Clinical Center patients. Exome sequencing explores the 1-2 percent of the genome that codes …
Talking Glossary
Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule.
… Nanopore DNA Sequencing … Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the … nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule. … Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the …
Talking Glossary
The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person.
Research at NHGRI
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence.
… The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) , established in 1997, is a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence. In addition to … a multi-disciplinary genomics facility that emphasizes the generation and analysis of DNA sequence. ​ … The NIH …
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Baylor College of Medicine. Houston and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network.
… College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee will be providing DNA sequencing for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). Each … of funds. … The two universities will become the DNA Sequencing Core sites for the UDN. The UDN also includes … investigator at Baylor College of Medicine's UDN DNA Sequencing Core. The Baylor College of Medicine facility will …
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Micro-sized technologies are among the approaches researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology.
… researchers will use to develop high quality, low cost DNA sequencing technology through new grants from the National … available, are the last to be awarded by the Advanced DNA Sequencing Technology program of the National Human Genome … projects directed at improving the use of nanopores in DNA sequencing or creating nanopore arrays to enable large-scale …
Infographic
An infographic that explains why it was so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence.
… the air, saying "Phew, we did it!" … The last 8% needed a generation of dedicated genomic researchers with a vision. Even with new technologies, genome sequencing is still tough, time-consuming work that requires a lot of skill and dedication. The current generation of genomic researchers are true perfectionists and …