NHGRI assists new investigators with Pathway to Independence
The National Institutes of Health supports the rising careers of talented investigators through the Pathway to Independence (PI) award, also called the K99/R00 grant. In 2014, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted two PI awardees and supported 18 additional investigators at institutions nationwide. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - February 18, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Genome regions linked to BMI and fat distribution
Researchers have linked new regions of the human genome to body mass index (BMI) and fat distribution, according to two studies just published in Nature. NHGRI intramural researchers and PAGE Consortium scientists supported by NHGRI contributed to studies that may lead to more effective therapeutic targets. Read more at nature.com: (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - February 13, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Advisory Council to meet in open session
The seventy-third National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research will meet in open session Monday, February 9, 2015, at Fishers Lane Conference Center. The Genome Sequencing Program, Centers of Excellence in ELSI Research, and women and minorities in NHGRI-supported research will be discussed. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - February 6, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
President Obama's Precision Medicine Initiative
February's The Genomics Landscape is later than usual for a good reason! I was fortunate to be in the East Room of the White House along with a number of other NHGRI and NIH colleagues to hear President Obama announce the Precision Medicine Initiative. It has been an honor to be part of the extensive planning effort leading up to last week's unveiling, and it will be gratifying to have NHGRI involved in making this important initiative a reality. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - February 4, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Informed consent resource updated
Informed consent is the basic and primary tool through which investigators communicate with each potential study participant to ensure that the research purpose, risks, or other implications of participation are understood. NHGRI's online Informed Consent Resource (ICR) has helped thousands of researchers navigate the informed consent process since 2009. Now, the ICR has been updated to keep pace with advances in genomics over the past several years. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - February 4, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Researchers detect cancer precursors in blood DNA before disease develops
Genome Advance of the Month highlights a research team, led by Giulio Genovese, Ph.D., of the Broad Institute at MIT and Harvard in Boston, focusing on the precursors for blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. In 2014, blood cancer accounted for approximately 9.4 percent of the estimated 1,665,540 new cancer cases diagnosed across the country. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - February 2, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
White House Announces Precision Medicine Initiative
President Obama just unveiled the Precision Medicine Initiative, an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment, and lifestyle for each person. The National Institutes of Health will help generate the scientific evidence needed to move the concept of precision medicine into every day clinical practice. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 30, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
The 2015 Jeffrey Trent Lecture:
The National Human Genome Research Institute's Division of Intramural Research will present the 11th Jeffrey M. Trent Lecture in Cancer Research at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at the Masur Auditorium, Building 10 (Clinical Center), on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Bethesda campus. Stephen J. Chanock, M.D., director of the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, part of NIH, will deliver the lecture on the genetic susceptibility to cancer. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 23, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Genome exhibition travels to The Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California
Following a four-month engagement at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego, the high-impact interactive exhibition, Genome: Unlocking Life's Code, is making its second stop in California. The exhibition will open at The Tech Museum of Innovation, in San Jose, on Jan. 22, 2015, where the public will be able to visit it through April 27, 2015. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 16, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Carla Easter to lead NHGRI Education and Community Involvement Branch
Carla Easter, Ph.D., a biologist and science educator, has been named chief of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Education and Community Involvement Branch (ECIB). The branch is a part of NHGRI's Division of Policy, Communication and Education (DPCE). She will lead the division's program of genomics education and outreach activities that engage a variety of communities, from pre-college students, to teachers to members of the general public. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 9, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Trans-NIH Workshop to Explore the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Citizen Science
On January 13-14, NHGRI's ELSI research program will convene a meeting to identify the ELSI challenges raised by "Citizen Science" in the context of biomedical research, and discover ways the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can address these ELSI issues. The meeting will be broadcast live, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 9, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
The Next Phase: NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program
Large-scale genome sequencing has been a central component of NHGRI's Extramural Research Program since the NHGRI's inception, starting with the Human Genome Project. In this month's The Genomics Landscape, I describe the next phase of NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program and highlight additional items that I hope will be of interest to you. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 6, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Next Phase: NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program
Large-scale genome sequencing has been a central component of NHGRI's Extramural Research Program since the NHGRI's inception, starting with the Human Genome Project. In this month's The Genomics Landscape, I describe the next phase of NHGRI's Genome Sequencing Program and highlight additional items that I hope will be of interest to you. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 6, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
NHGRI/Smithsonian collaboration to sequence North America's oldest dog relics
When Smithsonian archeologist Dr. Daniel Stanford attended a talk on canine (dog) genomics by NHGRI's Dr. Elaine Ostrander, he realized the potential of his collection of ancient dog bones to canine genome research. With new sequencing tools and techniques now available - and the complete sequence of the dog genome - both hope to unlock the secrets of this ancient dog DNA, perhaps the oldest in North America. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - January 2, 2015 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
Researchers examine supercentenarians' genomes for longevity key
In 2012, an American's average lifespan was nearly 79 years. By comparison, supercentenerians live to 110 years old or more - a life span far exceeding the rest of the population. A recent study led by Dr. Hinco J. Gierman at Stanford University sought genetic explanations for supercentenarians' longer life-span. Genome Advance of the Month highlights this research. (Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights)
Source: NHGRI Homepage Highlights - December 19, 2014 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: news
