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Available Now: NHGRI Webinar Series

NHGRI Webinar Series NHGRI's new webinar series tackles the latest topics in genomics, health and society through a lively discussion between public health communities, advocacy groups, health providers and members of the public. Archive videos are available now for the first two webinars: Family History: The Next Generation and All About the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008.

Listen to the webinar: Family History: The Next Generation

Listen to the webinar: All About the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

Read more about: NHGRI Webinar Series

Cutting Sequencing Costs

Cover of Nature Biotechnology To help improve human health, NHGRI wants to develop much cheaper ways of sequencing DNA. In the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, Jeff Schloss, Ph.D., NHGRI's chief of the Genome Technology Program, looks at how far we've come — and how far we have to go.

Read How to get genomes at one ten-thousandth the costPDF file

Read The potential and challenges of nanopore sequencingPDF file

Find out more about the Genome Technology Program

NHGRI Grantees Win Pioneer Awards

NIH Pioneer Award logo with photos of grantees Two National Human Genome Research Institute grantees, Alice Y. Ting, Ph.D., and Saeed Tavazoie, Ph.D., are among the 15 scientists of exceptional creativity chosen to receive a 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer Award. The awards enable researchers to pursue innovative approaches that could possibly transform biomedical and behavioral science.

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Available Now: NHGRI Webinar Series

NHGRI Webinar Series NHGRI's new webinar series tackles the latest topics in genomics, health and society through a lively discussion between public health communities, advocacy groups, health providers and members of the public. Archive videos are available now for the first two webinars: Family History: The Next Generation and All About the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008.

Listen to the webinar: Family History: The Next Generation

Listen to the webinar: All About the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act of 2008 (GINA)

Read more about: NHGRI Webinar Series

Cutting Sequencing Costs

Cover of Nature Biotechnology To help improve human health, NHGRI wants to develop much cheaper ways of sequencing DNA. In the current issue of Nature Biotechnology, Jeff Schloss, Ph.D., NHGRI's chief of the Genome Technology Program, looks at how far we've come — and how far we have to go.

Read How to get genomes at one ten-thousandth the costPDF file

Read The potential and challenges of nanopore sequencingPDF file

Find out more about the Genome Technology Program

NHGRI Grantees Win Pioneer Awards

NIH Pioneer Award logo with photos of grantees Two National Human Genome Research Institute grantees, Alice Y. Ting, Ph.D., and Saeed Tavazoie, Ph.D., are among the 15 scientists of exceptional creativity chosen to receive a 2008 NIH Director's Pioneer Award. The awards enable researchers to pursue innovative approaches that could possibly transform biomedical and behavioral science.

Read more


The National Human Genome Research Institute led the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health, which culminated in the completion of the full human genome sequence in April 2003. Now, NHGRI moves forward into the genomic era with research aimed at improving human health and fighting disease.

bullet The Large-Scale Genome Sequencing Program
bullet Clinical Research
bullet The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program
bullet The Office of Population Genomics




Read the story behind the Human Genome Project

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NIH Scientists Discover Crucial Control in Long-Lasting Immunity
October 10, 2008

Human Microbiome Project Awards Funds for Technology Development, Data Analysis and Ethical Research
October 7, 2008

Anti-Cancer Drug Prevents, Reverses Cardiovascular Damage In Mouse Model of Premature Aging Disorder
October 6, 2008



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NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series (WALS): Genetics and the Shapes of Dogs
Elaine Ostrander, Ph.D.
October 22, 2008

Integrated and Functional Genomic Studies of Melanoma
Levi Garraway, M.D., Ph.D.
October 23, 2008

DIR Seminar Series
Jonathon Pritchard, Ph.D.
November 6, 2008

DIR Seminar Series
Eric Davidson, Ph.D.
November 18, 2008


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