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In an interview, Boyer reflects on her NHGRI career, the history of the NHGRI ELSI Research Program and the exciting future of research at the interface of ethics and genomics.
and Society, Joy Boyer concludes her distinguished career at NHGRI. … Anna Rogers: How have you seen NHGRI’s … broadly, and I think that was always the goal since the early 1990s when the program started. When ELSI and genomics … that it was important to know the source of the sample for the first human genome reference sequence, and that …
Research Training
NHGRI funds training and career development programs at academic, medical and other institutions throughout the U.S.
… Lynae Hanks   ✔ University of Florida Training Program for Applied Research and Development in Genomic Medicine … diversity in genomics: Research  education for URM scientists Bruce Birren   Genome Science ✔       Duke … Human Genome Research Institute funds training and career development programs at academic, medical and other …
Staff
Heather Colley is a program director in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… 2007. Her research portfolio includes the NHGRI Training and Career Development Programs, Loan Repayment Program, NHGRI … F, Hindorff LA, MacArthur JAL. A standardized framework for representation of ancestry data in genomics studies, with …
News Release
The goat has contributed its DNA to a new method for high-quality, low-cost genome reconstruction, one that will be useful for reading human and other genomes.
… contributed its DNA to a study that presents a new method for high-quality, low-cost genome reconstruction. In addition … and Sergey Koren, Ph.D., senior GIS scientist, were early adopters of this technology, and developed important … making it very expensive to finish." In the past decade, scientists have partially decoded the genomes of important …
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In a conversation, Dr. Elise Feingold reflects on her path to NHGRI, describes her experience leading the ENCODE program and shares advice for those considering different scientific careers.
… She reflects on her 36-year career at NIH directing genomics programs and mentoring … and budgets, and I shadowed an NIH institute director for a week. I did my program rotation at the National Center … the small start-up feel of what eventually became NHGRI. Early on, there were very few of us working on it, but there …
News Release
NIH researchers have developed a breath test that measures how well patients with methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) respond to receiving liver or combined liver and kidney transplantation.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … Test for rare genomic condition measures disease severity and success of liver transplantation for patients. … … The study results were published in Genetics in Medicine . Scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute …
Professional Development
This is a fellowship program designed for recent undergraduates to gain exposure to and training in multiple career paths that advance public service for human genetics and genomics.
… … The Post-Baccalaureate Genomics Analyst Fellowship is for recent college graduates to gain exposure to and training in multiple career paths relevant to human genetics and genomics. … will have the opportunity to directly interact with funded scientists and NHGRI senior leadership and will have broad …
Media Advisory
Researchers from the NIH-funded Human Pangenome Reference Consortium will answer questions about a set of papers to be published in the Nature Portfolio journals and Genome Research. The papers and the briefing are under embargo until May 10, 2023, at 11 a.m. E.T.
… papers to be published in the  Nature  Portfolio journals and  Genome Research.  The papers and the briefing are under … of the Human Genome Reference Program, which is funded for five years for a total of $35 million. This embargoed … help diagnose diseases and guide medical treatment. Scientists create and use a human genome reference as a tool …
News Release
Funding to advance understanding of RNA biology and development of RNA-based technologies
… to provide approximately $15.4 million over three years for research into the structures, functions and interactions … chambers through which fluids are moved or stored. Scientists use long RNA molecules to probe genomic pathways … NHGRI and NIH … NIH and National Science Foundation to award $15.4M for RNA research … Funding to advance …
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The NIH-funded Genomic Data Science Community Network unites institutions from across the country to diversify young researchers working in genomic data science.
… her days teaching biology at Clovis Community College. For the past few years, she has been bringing an unusual … that is underpowered is the presence of students and early career researchers from diverse institutions and backgrounds …