News and Events

2022

• April 2022

  The human genome sequence is now complete
  https://www.genome.gov/about-nhgri/Director/genomics-landscape/april-7-2022-the-human-genome-sequence-is-now-complete



• March 2022

  Researchers generate the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome
  https://www.genome.gov/news/news-release/researchers-generate-the-first-complete-gapless-sequence-of-a-human-genome

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2019

• June 2019

  To build a goldfish, start with a blueprint
  https://www.genome.gov/news/news-release/To-build-a-goldfish-start-with-a-blueprint

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2018

• January 2018

  The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center: https://www.genome.gov/27570359/

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2017

• October 2017

  New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations: https://www.genome.gov/27568922

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2016

• August 2016

  NIH researchers discover otulipenia, a new inflammatory disease: https://www.genome.gov/27566013



• May 2016

  Temporal Stability of the Human Skin Microbiome: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/cp-ops042816.php

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2015

• December 2015

  Dr. Bob Blakesley, director of the NISC sequencing group, rides off into the sunset: https://www.genome.gov/27563314

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2014

• September 2014

  CCGO awards exome sequencing to NIH intramural investigators: https://www.genome.gov/27558725



• May 2014

  Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity (CCGO) announced for NIH investigators. For more information, including how to apply, please visit: https://www.genome.gov/ccgo/



• April 2014

  NIH program to jump-start genomic medicine: https://www.genome.gov/27556938



• February 2014

  NIH team discovers genetic disorder causing strokes and vascular inflammation in children: https://www.genome.gov/27556385

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2013

• December 2013

  With new study, aquatic comb jelly floats into new evolutionary position: https://www.genome.gov/27555600



• June 2013

  New exhibition makes genome accessible to public: https://www.genome.gov/27554069



• May 2013

  NIH researchers conduct first genomic survey of human skin fungal diversity: https://www.genome.gov/27553903

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2012

• October 2012

  NIH researchers identify novel genes that may drive rare, aggressive form of uterine cancer: https://www.genome.gov/27551420



• August 2012

  NIH uses genome sequencing to help quell bacterial outbreak in Clinical Center: https://www.genome.gov/27549853

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2011

• September 2011: NIH genome institute announces key leadership appointments

  James C. Mullikin, Ph.D., currently acting director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), is selected to be the center's permanent director. NHGRI created NISC in 1997 to develop its own genome sequencing capabilities and to collaborate with other NIH intramural researchers. (more)
  
  

• May 2011: NHGRI Researchers Win AAAS Prize for Neanderthal Genome Analysis

  On February 19, two researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), along with members of the Neanderthal Genome Analysis Project, won the Newcomb Cleveland Prize from the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for the article, A Draft Sequence of the Neandertal Genome. The article was published in the May 7, 2010, issue of Science, who also named it the journal's best article of 2010. NHGRI prize winners James C. Mullikin, Ph.D., acting director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), and Nancy F. Hansen, Ph.D., a staff scientist in Dr. Mullikin's research group in NHGRI's Genome Technology Branch conducted the comparative analyses of the modern human versus the Neanderthal DNA sequence. (more)
  
  

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2009

• November 2009: Researchers Analyze First Complete DNA Sequence Generated at the National Institutes of Health

  A group of more than a dozen gene hunters from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) recently gathered at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) in Rockville, Md. to analyze data from the first complete DNA sequence of an NIH Clinical Center patient. The volunteer patient is enrolled in the ClinSeqTM study, a trans-NIH effort to understand the genetic roots of heart disease and the challenges of using genome sequencing tools for personalized health benefit in a clinical research setting. (more)
  
  

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2007

• October 2007: NISC: Tracing the Sequence of Events Leading to 21st Century Genomics

  Ten years ago, the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) began humbly with six gel-based sequencing machines crowded into a few rooms of borrowed lab space. Today, NISC is not only one of the jewels of the NIH intramural program but also a highly productive sequencing center at the forefront of contemporary worldwide genomics research. (more)