NACHGR - Director's Report Related Documents: February 2012

Director's Report Related Documents: February 2012

Director's Report (8.81MB)

Director's Report (33.5 MB)

No.	Documents
1	Proposed NHGRI Reorganization
2	International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG) 2011: 1000 Genomes Project Tutorial
3	Genomics Reaches the Clinic: From Basic Discoveries to Clinical Impact [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
4	Bettie Graham: Beyond Genomics [usfencing.org]
5	Implemented NIH Organizational Changes NIH's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) [nih.gov] National Center for Research Resources Reorganization [ncrr.nih.gov]
6	Proposed Merger of NIDA and NIAAA [grants.nih.gov]
7	Target Validation Workshop
8	Fiscal Year 2012 Appropriations
9	Alzheimer's Research Initiative [hhs.gov]
10	NIH Clinical Center Receives Lasker-Bloomberg Public Service Award [cc.nih.gov]
11	Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Visits NIH [nihrecord.gov]
12	Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on Data and Informatics Working Group Roster [acd.or.nih.gov] Request for Information (RFI) NIH Data and Informatics Working Group [grants.nih.gov] RFI Comment Submission [grants.nih.gov]
13	Mourning the Loss of Jim Crow [nytimes.com] Mourning the loss of Norton Zinder [nytimes.com]
14	David Altshuler: ASHG 2011 Curt Stern Award [ashg.org]
15	Andrew Feinberg: NIH Director's Pioneer Award 2011 [hopkinsmedicine.org]
16	Keolu Fox: Best Graduate Student Presenter for Genetics at SACNAS National Conference [sacnas.org]
17	Manolis Kellis: 2011 "Niki" Award Recipient [web.mit.edu]
18	Harold Shapiro: National Academy of Science Public Welfare Medal [nasonline.org]
19	ASHG Leadership Election [ashg.org]
20	Elected to the Institute of Medicine [nationalacademies.org]
21	Elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science [aaas.org]
22	Institute of Medicine Report: "Integrating Large-Scale Genomic Information into Clinical Practice" [iom.edu]
23	National Academies Report: "Toward Precision Medicine: Building a Knowledge Network for Biomedical Research and a New Taxonomy of Disease" Full Report [nap.edu] Press Release [nationalacademies.org] Report Summary [dels.nas.edu]
24	Battelle Report on Genomic Clinical Testing Industry [labresultsforlife.org]
25	American College of Medical Genetics Changes name to American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics [acmg.net]
26	Genome Advance of the Month
27	Genomics in the News First Australian Aboriginal Genome Sequenced [nature.com] Genome Of World's Oldest Woman Sequenced [redorbit.com] Elaine Mardis, Ph.D.: "High-Tech Choir Master" [the-scientist.com] Eric Lander, Ph.D.: "Power in Numbers" [nytimes.com] "DNA Sequencing Caught in Deluge of Data" [nytimes.com] ENCODE Featured in Nature's "New Year, New Science" [nature.com] "Soon, $1,000 Will Map Your Genes" [online.wsf.com] UC Davis Police Chief on Leave after Pepper Spraying [csmonitor.com]
28	Genome Sequencing Program Large-Scale Genome Sequencing Centers Mendelian Disorders Genome Centers Mendelian Sequencing Coordination Center [mendelian.org] Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Awards Lindblad-Toh: "A High-resolution Map of Human Evolutionary Constraint Using 29 Mammals" [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
29	First TCGA Scientfic Symposium
30	1000 Genomes Proejct Exome Statistics [ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk] Low Coverage Genome Statistics [ftp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk]
31	DNA Sequencing Technology Program Page Annual Grantee Meeting [capconcorp.com]
32	Centers for Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) & Diversity Action Plan (DAP) CEGS Program Page DAP Annual Meeting
33	Characterizing and Displaying Genetic Variants for Clinical Action Meeting website Meeting recommendations
34	Genomic Medicine II Colloquia
35	Molecular Libraries Program Program Page [commonfund.nih.gov] Meeting Report
36	Knockout Mouse Projects Program Page [commonfund.nih.gov] Kickoff Meeting [commonfund.nih.gov]
37	Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project
38	Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS) Program [commonfund.nih.gov]
39	Protein Capture Reagents Program Program Page [commonfund.nih.gov] Meeting Report
40	Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) Project Project Page [h3africa.org] Ethics and Genomics Research in Africa (EAGER-Africa)
41	Single Cell Analysis RFAs Issued [commonfund.nih.gov]
42	New Common Fund Initiative? [commonfund.nih.gov]
43	NHGRI Catalog of Published Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
44	NEJM Genomic Medicine Series
45	US Science and Engineering Festival [usasciencefestival.org]
46	Genomic Medicine Lecture Series
47	NHGRI Intramural Research Highlights Kastner: "Cold Urticaria, Immunodeficiency, and Autoimmunity Related to PLCG2 Deletions" Samuels: "Exon Capture Analysis of G Protein-coupled Receptors Identifies Activating Mutations in GRM3 in Melanoma" Biesecker: "The Phenotype of a Germline Mutation in PIGA: The Gene Somatically Mutated in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria"
48	William Gahl honored with prestigious Service to America Medal

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