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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.
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Scientists set their sights on chromatin - the DNA-protein complex that packages DNA into chromosomes in the cell - to better understand how the genome works.
… coding regions of the genome. This information - found in sequences of DNA - controls genes by turning them on and off, … differs among individuals. "We know that the regulatory sequences - switches - are incredibly context specific. They … of Excellence in Genomic Science, CEGS, Jeffery Schloss, requlatory sequences, epigenomes, mouse embryonic stem cells, …
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.
… its first genomic dataset , including whole-genome sequences from nearly 100,000 participants from diverse … first genomic dataset of nearly 100,000 whole genome sequences All of Us: Release of nearly 100,000 whole genome sequences sets stage for new discoveries Notable …
Clinical Research
This team-based clinical service os provided by NHGRI to Intramural Investigators employing exome/genome sequencing.
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 6, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., celebrates the 25th anniversary of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). a well-respected and highly used large-scale DNA sequencing center that exemplifies the evolution of the field of genomics and the ever-increasing abilities to produce prodigious amounts of genomic data.
… Collection (MGC), a program that generated high-quality sequences of a reference set of cDNA clones  representing …
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Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… W., Green, E.D. Comparative analyses of multi-species sequences from targeted genomic regions. Nature , …
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NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
Educational Resources
A genetic marker is a DNA sequence with a known physical location on a chromosome.