Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project Reports Research Results
In this month's The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the recent publications from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project along with news from ClinGen, LabTV and an update on the Precision Medicine Initiative. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - June 1, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Scientists discover insights into the effect of sun exposure on skin
Soaking up the sun may be positive while on vacation, but the effect on our skin often isn't kind, especially as we grow older. A study by Johns Hopkins' scientists, featured in April's Genome Advance of the Month, reveals the genomic information they found after comparing sun-exposed and sun-protected skin in younger and older individuals, and how skin changes with sun exposure and aging. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 29, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
ClinGen setting standards for when genes and their variants matter in disease
In the May 27, 2015, online New England Journal of Medicine, investigators with the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) describe how the program is evaluating the clinical relevance of genomic variants for use in precision medicine and research. ClinGen, launched in 2013, is funded in part by NHGRI. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 27, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
NHGRI's Elizabeth Burke finds way to Undiagnosed Diseases Program
Elizabeth Burke, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in NIH/NHGRI's Undiagnosed Diseases Program, describes how she helps answer the question "why?" for people who have longstanding medical conditions but lack a diagnosis. She talks about how it's become "the most fascinating and inspiring job" she could ever have. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 22, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
NHGRI's Elizabeth Burke finds her way to the Undiagnosed Diseases Program
Elizabeth Burke, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in NIH/NHGRI's Undiagnosed Diseases Program, describes how she helps answer the question "why?" for people who have longstanding medical conditions but lack a diagnosis. She talks about how it's become "the most fascinating and inspiring job" she could ever have. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 22, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Advisory Council meets in open session
The seventy-fourth National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research met in open session on May 18, 2015 at Fishers Lane Conference Center. NHGRI Director Eric Green gave his Director's Report followed by talks on ENCODE, the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium, functional genomics and ClinSeq. Video of this meeting will be available soon. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 14, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Advisory Council met in open session
The seventy-fourth National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research met in open session on May 18, 2015 at Fishers Lane Conference Center. NHGRI Director Eric Green gave his Director's Report followed by talks on ENCODE, the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research Consortium, functional genomics and ClinSeq. Video of this meeting will be available soon. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 14, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Zambian Deputy Minister of Health welcomes members of the H3Africa Consortium
Chitalu Chilufya, Zambian Deputy Minister of Health (pictured left), welcomed members of the H3Africa Consortium to the Sixth H3Africa Consortium meeting. Also present at the meeting: NHGRI Director Eric Green, NHGRI staff, Wellcome-Trust staff and members of the H3Africa Consortium. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 11, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Genomic knowledge is power in the fight against obesity
Although many doctors are wary about discussing weight loss with their overweight patients - for fear of alienating the patients or being ignored - two recent research studies from a team led by NHGRI's Susan Persky, Ph.D., suggest that doctor-patient talks about the genomic underpinnings of obesity can pay off. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 7, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Genome-Wide Association Studies Catalog
In this month's The Genomics Landscape, I discuss the NHGRI-EBI Genome-Wide Association Studies Catalog, which was started at NHGRI and is now housed at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in the United Kingdom. There's also news about G2C2, Genome Unlocking Life's Code and an NHGRI Staff visit to NASA! (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - May 5, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Top Boards in the 2015 Unlocking Life's Code Pinterest Challenge!
To celebrate National DNA Day, middle and high school biology students created DNA Day-related Pinterest boards. The results are in: See the top seven boards in the 2015 Pinterest Challenge from six states and from the Republic of Botswana. Each of these classes will receive a certificate of recognition and a set of learning tools. Go to: (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - April 24, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Iceland study provides insights into disease, paves way for large-scale genomic studies
Iceland can conjure thoughts of geothermal spas and moonlike landscapes, but not large-scale genomic studies. Last month, a research team at deCODE genetics announced findings based on whole genome sequence information of 2,636 Icelanders and genotypic information of 104,220 other Icelanders. The March Genome Advance of the Month focuses on some interesting results published as a collection of papers in Nature Genetics. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - April 23, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Zebrafishing against metastatic cancer
For cancer patients, the deadliest enemy is metastasis - the migration of cancer cells to other places in the body. Now, a team of National Institutes of Health scientists has proposed a promising new approach to impede or halt this deadly process. NHGRI's Dr. Shawn Burgess and his colleagues have published that approach in Disease Models & Mechanisms. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - April 17, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Dr. Larry Brody will host HOT (Human Origins Today) Topic at the Smithsonian
On April 24th, Dr. Larry Brody, chief of NHGRI's Division of Genomics and Society, will host the HOT Topic - Reading DNA: What we can and cannot learn by peering into your genome. His talk starts at 4:00 p.m. at the Hall of Human Origins, National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution and is a part of National DNA Day's Ambassador Program. Admission is free. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - April 17, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
From Genome Function to Biomedical Insight:
On March 10-11, 2015, NHGRI sponsored the workshop From Genome Function to Biomedical Insight: ENCODE and Beyond at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH main campus. The workshop discussed scientific questions and opportunities to better understand genome function, and considered options for future NHGRI projects that would address these questions and opportunities. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - April 10, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
