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NHGRI awards $6.7 million in new research grants to develop DNA sequencing technologies that are more sensitive, faster, cheaper and more accurate.
… glowing molecules to figure out the correct order of a DNA sequence, and a cell phone-size device that harnesses electric current to decipher the genome. "Parts of the genome remain hidden, or are extremely hard to analyze with …
Talking Glossary
Nanopore DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule.
… is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule. … … is a laboratory technique for determining the exact sequence of nucleotides, or bases, in a DNA molecule. The sequence of the bases (often referred to by the first letters …
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.
… setting.   …  As the sun came up on 1997, the Human Genome Project (then in its seventh of 13 years) was adding megabases of genome sequence to public databases weekly, as large-scale DNA … repertoire, with a partial list of methods including whole-exome sequencing , whole-genome sequencing , RNA …
Staff
Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… as efficiency and quality control related aspects of the data production pipeline. His research interests are in the … J.C., Green, E.D. Parallel construction of orthologous sequence-ready clone contig maps in multiple species. Genome Research , 12:1277-1285. 2002. PubMed Thomas, J.W., …
Talking Glossary
The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person.
… Human Genome Reference Sequence … The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA …
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished and made available to scientists and … of model organisms to developing new technologies to study whole genomes. Besides delivering on the stated goals below, …
News Release
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.
… questions, collect biological samples, purify and sequence the DNA and analyze the resulting data. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will lose a key … Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. "When I …
Infographic
An infographic that explains why it was so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence.
… Why was it so difficult to fully complete the human genome sequence? The Human Genome Project ended in 2003, but genomic … of DNA and then use those smaller sequences to put the whole genome sequence back together like a massive puzzle. A …
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).
… became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method … became available shortly after the completion of the Human Genome Project (which relied on the first-generation method … and cheaper than their predecessors, NGS technologies can sequence an entire human genome in a single day and for less …
News Release
Today, we are updating the way we manage data related to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.
… M.D., Ph.D. … Today, we are updating the way we manage data related to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy to again … By Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Human Genome Research Institute Carrie D. Wollinetz, Ph.D., … to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy. ​ … Eric Green, Genome Data Sharing Policy, privacy, genomic variants … …