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The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green reflects on the milestones of the Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) Program as it reaches completion.
… updates and monitor the ‘Genomics2020’ calendar . … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … and opportunities associated with the possible use of genome sequence information in the care of newborns. … year are screened for genetic diseases. Traditionally, genome sequencing has not been used for this screening. The …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… have led to substantial reductions in the cost of genome sequencing. The underlying costs associated with … are nowadays aided by the availability of available 'reference' sequences of the human genome, which play an … as part of the Human Genome Project? The HGP generated a 'reference' sequence of the human genome - specifically, it …
About Genomics
February 15, 2021 marks the 20-year anniversary of publications reporting the draft human genome sequence.
… papers that revealed the first detailed look at the human genome's nearly complete sequence. A part of the Human Genome Project, these studies launched a new era in … practice. In its 2020 Strategic Vision, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) charts a thoughtful …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green spotlights on ELSIhub.
… that 20+ years later, we would be surveying the entire genome at once, even going into the ‘difficult regions’ to … which highlights the ongoing efforts to improve the human reference genome sequence. In 2003, Human Genome Project … the Telomere-to-Telomere consortium and the Human Genome Reference Program , seek to generate many truly complete, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps activities from National DNA Day 2019.
… updates and monitor the 'Genomics2020' calendar . … The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code  exhibition is currently … field of genomics.  … Every April 25, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) joins the rest of the … two historical milestones: the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s iconic …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… May meeting of the National Advisory Council on Human Genome Research (NACHGR) will be held as a videoconference … 89th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will take place on May 18-19. As usual, the … important infectious disease. …  NHGRI is expanding its Genome Technology Program to include two new components that …
Educational Resources
The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome.
… Human Genome Project … The Human Genome Project was an international project that mapped and sequenced the entire human genome. … Human Genome Project, Francis Collins, DNA, Genomics, Base Pairs … …
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each … word.  … An organism's complete set of DNA is called its genome. Virtually every single cell in the body contains a … billion DNA base pairs, or letters, that make up the human genome. With its four-letter language, DNA contains the …
FAQ
On July 20, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted a pre-application webinar for the Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) Informatics Tools for the Pangenome Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): RFA-HG-23-026. We collected the questions and answers from the webinar to help applicants.
… topic of developing infrastructure for the pangenome (eg reference representations), but applications on that topic … can find them easily. There will be changes in the reference representation over time, which will require … any collaborative efforts or partnerships to enhance human genome research and informatics tools? Yes. The HGRP is …
Educational Resources
Teaching tools to present the foundations of genomics to students and help them understand the impact of genomics in their lives.