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News Release
NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… National Institutes of Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on … for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), which will use genome sequencing to explore the genomic contributions to common … cystic fibrosis and muscular dystrophy. "Advances in DNA sequencing are creating tremendous new opportunities for …
Educational Resources
A genetic marker is a DNA sequence with a known physical location on a chromosome.
Educational Resources
Gene amplification is an increase in the number of copies of a gene sequence.
Research Funding
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Pilot Project launched in September 2003 to identify all functional elements in the human genome sequence.
… genome was announced by the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium ( Finishing the euchromatic sequence of … sequences from other vertebrate genomes, identified from whole genome shotgun assemblies or obtained by direct … ENCODE-directed efforts, sequence data generated through whole genome sequencing projects will be used in comparative …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 12, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the 20-year anniversary of the publications that reported the draft human genome sequence.
… the 1980s discussing the desirability and feasibility of sequencing the human genome, to the U.S. Department of … publication in Nature . “It provided a view of the whole landscape for the first time,” Bob Waterston said about … — and to be able to view it at different levels on a whole genome scale down to the individual sequence data.” …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… repeats. The researchers applied the tool to study 460 whole-genome sequences, revealing hundreds of mosaic short … Thomas, Ph.D. , as the new director of the  NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) . NISC provides high-throughput DNA sequencing services to the NIH intramural research community, …
News Release
NIH is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care for all individuals.
… towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care. The new awards will generate … … The research is being funded as part of the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER2) Consortium. CSER2 builds upon the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) Consortium , initiated …
Media Advisory
On Monday, June 24, 2019, Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) program investigators will present genomic research findings on implications for health and care of newborns during a public webinar session from 1:30 - 5:15 p.m Eastern.
… of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) … the care of newborns. … Topics include: How can genomic sequencing replicate or augment known newborn screening results? What knowledge could genomic sequencing provide about conditions not screened for in …
Educational Resources
Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) is a laboratory technique for detecting and locating a specific DNA sequence on a chromosome.
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.
… the project took on a wide range of other goals, from sequencing the genomes of model organisms to developing new technologies to study whole genomes. Besides delivering on the stated goals below, … E. coli, S. cerevisiae, C. elegans, D. melanogaster, plus whole-genome drafts of several others, including C. briggsae, …