Watch the Sept. 13, 2012 meeting from NHGRI's Office of Population Genomics: Implicating Sequence Variants in Human Disease. Workshop participants discuss guideline development for investigators, reviewers and editors to use to assess the evidence implicating sequence variants or genes in a specific disease. Read more
At the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research 66th meeting on Sept. 10, Dr. Eric Green, NHGRI director, announced the approved reorganization of NHGRI. NHGRI will restructure into seven divisions to better achieve its strategic vision, effective Oct. 1, 2012.
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National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research meets in open session
NHGRI convened the 66th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR) on Monday, Sept. 10. A sequencing data central resource, family history and clinical care, and a news announcement about the NHGRI reorganization were among the topics. Video of the open session meeting will be available soon. Read the agenda
ENCODE data describes function of the human genome
After a multi-year, concerted effort comprised of more than 440 researchers in 32 labs around the world, researchers have produced a dynamic picture of how the human genome actually does its job. Called ENCODE, the project links more than 80 percent of the human genome sequence to a specific biological function, and mapped more than 4 million regulatory regions where proteins specifically interact with the DNA. The findings are reported in two papers appearing in the Sept. 5 online issue of Nature. Read more