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NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… Steven Benowitz … On July 28-29, 2014, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) convened geneticists, … and others to provide expert advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … The … to expand its presence and explore its usefulness and cost effectiveness. Participants and speakers echoed this …
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Researchers, clinicians, and computational biologists meet to consider future opportunities for NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program.
… Steven Benowitz … Genome researchers, clinicians, computational biologists and … Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP) at a July 28 - 29 meeting in … , starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on July 28. With the help of the genomics research community, NHGRI has regularly …
Research Funding
Funded in 2016 to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers.
… The Genome Sequencing Program Analysis Centers (GSPACs) were funded in … currently funded centers are: Harvard University School of Public Health Vanderbilt University School of Medicine A cross-institutional center at  Icahn School of
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… The Genome Sequencing Program is consists of the following … questions that could be addressed as the technology (cost, quality) changed over time. The GSP aims to use genome
News Release
The Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium has offered an ethical framework to guide pediatricians in pursuing clinical sequencing studies.
… Bruce Agnew … More than many other diagnostic technologies, genome sequencing carries the possibility of incidental or "secondary" findings that can reveal …
News Release
NHGRI-funded CSER investigators and colleagues point to need for greater evidence that DNA sequencing helps patients.
… program has made significant strides in defining the role of genomics in medicine. CSER investigators have discovered … care. … CSER, which is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Cancer … clinicians need evidence that it can improve care and be cost- and time-effective compared to other approaches. Heidi …
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 sequence of a single person. … A human genome reference sequence is an accepted representation of the human genome sequence that is used by researchers as a …
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.
… The beginning of spring brings some good budgetary news for NIH and NHGRI. … significance of their results.     …   In 2003, the Human Genome Project ended with the generation of an essentially … approach of using the best-available technologies for sequencing DNA and pushing them to their absolute limits. In …
Research Funding
The $1,000 Genome Program was a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care.
… initiated a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the … in 2014, are described in Nature : “Technology: The $1,000 Genome.” The history and achievements of the $1,000 Genome
Educational Resources
DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA molecule.
… DNA Sequencing … DNA sequencing is a laboratory technique used to determine the exact sequence of bases (A, C, G, and T) in a DNA molecule. … Adenine, … understanding the function of genes and other parts of the genome. There are now several different methods available for …