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News Release
Virtual reality is a rapidly expanding area of tech and gaming and important in medicine and health.
… who use VR to study a host of research questions. … Virtual Reality (VR), one of the most rapidly expanding areas of tech … practice their bedside manner in different scenarios in a virtual world. On February 23, 2018, the National Human …
Profile
NHGRI researchers recently published a study using virtual reality simulations to investigate how clinicians might use a type of genomic risk information called polygenic risk scores in medical care.
… risk reports made different recommendations to the virtual patient based on the additional genomic information. … Institutes of Health, recently published a study using virtual reality simulations to investigate how clinicians might use a …
News Release
Using a virtual reality buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of small decisions mothers make while selecting food for their children.
… buffets - but how do they choose what to eat? Using a virtual reality (VR) buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of … Research Branch (SBRB). She also heads NHGRI's Immersive Virtual Environment Test Unit. Obesity has long been …
Historical Collections
The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own special collections to tell interesting and important stories from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics.
… NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own … and the larger history of genomics. … View the Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … The NHGRI History of Genomics Program …
Staff
Dr. Susan Persky is an associate investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… Barbara, where she studied at the Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior. After conducting … she came to the SBRB in 2005. Here, she built an immersive virtual reality-based experimental research lab, founded in 2006, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… high quality, and to organize the worldwide effort. The virtual reunion of the G5 leaders aimed to pull back the … and compete with the publicly-funded project. During the virtual discussion, the G5 leaders described how they … human genome sequence by the HGP. An edited video of this virtual reunion is now available on NHGRI’s YouTube channel, …
Event
The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) will hold its 11th annual meeting online on February 16, 2022.
… its 11th annual meeting. … ISCC-PEG 11th Annual Meeting (Virtual) … The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for …
Event
The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) will hold its10th annual meeting online on February 16, 2021.
… its 10th annual meeting. … ISCC-PEG 10th Annual Meeting (Virtual) … The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for …
Event
NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 27-29, 2020.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting, on May 27-29, 2020. The purpose of the virtual meeting series is to provide an open forum to discuss … who range from grant investigators to trainees. … Virtual … 2020 Advanced Genomic Technology Development …
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NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 25-27, 2021.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting, on May 25-27, 2021. The purpose of the virtual meeting series is to provide an open forum to … that effectively serves the entire set of participants. … Virtual … 2021 Advanced Genomic Technology Development …