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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 (NISC) in Rockville, Maryland. … "Bob's … sequence reads for 76 researchers using the Sanger dideoxy sequencing method. That figure has spiked in the last six …
Talking Glossary
Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method of Sanger sequencing).
… Next-Generation DNA Sequencing … Next-generation DNA sequencing (abbreviated NGS) refers to the use of technologies for sequencing DNA that became available shortly after the …
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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 … sequencing of the protein-coding portion of the genome, or exome. The clinical sequencing results will meet standards …
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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.
… of DNA and then use those smaller sequences to put the whole genome sequence back together like a massive puzzle. A … with a vision. Even with new technologies, genome sequencing is still tough, time-consuming work that requires …
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The Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has generated the first truly complete sequence of a human Y chromosome - the final human chromosome to be fully sequenced.
… sequence particularly difficult to complete. Assembling sequencing data is like trying to read a long book cut into … of the human genome, the T2T Consortium applied new DNA sequencing technologies and sequence assembly methods, as …
Research Funding
GS-IT provides sequence analysis tools and software to scientists who rely on genomics in their research.
… … Grantees … Program Staff … Related Content … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools (GS-IT) provides "researcher … biological, biomedical and clinical research. … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools … Genome Sequencing Informatics Tools … GS-IT provides sequence …
Research Funding
CSER is rapidly advancing the knowledge necessary to develop best practices for implementating genomic sequence data into clinical care.
… Reports of genomic sequencing being applied to the medical care of individual … Research Institute Katrina Goddard, Benjamin Wilfond Exome sequencing in Diverse Populations in Colorado & Oregon … and Women's Hospital Robert C. Green Integration of Whole Genome Sequencing into Clinical Medicine Primary care …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have produced the first end-to-end DNA sequence of a human chromosome. The results show that generating a precise, base-by-base sequence of a human chromosome is now possible, and will enable researchers to produce a complete sequence of the human genome.
… incredibly long, consisting of about 6 billion bases, DNA sequencing machines cannot read all the bases at once. … clues, like a blue sky,” he said. “The same is true for sequencing the human genome. Until now, the pieces were too … any unique clues, like a blue sky. The same is true for sequencing the human genome. Until now, the pieces were too …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green features the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center.
… and the field of genomics. … The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) sits on the top floor of a research … houses the Center's state-of-the-art, high-throughput DNA sequencing facility. In a rather modest start in 1997 under … of its Founding Director Eric Green, NISC began DNA sequencing with six ABI 377 instruments in lab space …