News and Events
2024
September 2024
NHGRI appoints James Thomas as new director of NIH Intramural Sequencing Center
https://www.genome.gov/news/news-release/nhgri-appoints-james-thomas-new-director-nih-intramural-sequencing-centerMay 2024
Scientists generate the first complete chromosome sequences from non-human primates
https://www.genome.gov/news/news-release/scientists-generate-the-first-complete-chromosome-sequences-from-non-human-primatesMarch 2024
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), a major research component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), seeks to identify an outstanding Director to lead its NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) within its Division of Intramural Research (DIR).
https://www.genome.gov/careers-training/NHGRI-Jobs/Director-NISC
2022
November 2022
25th anniversary of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC)
https://www.genome.gov/about-nhgri/Director/genomics-landscape/oct-6-2022-25th-anniversary-of-the-nih-intramural-sequencing-center-NISC#anniversaryApril 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-completeMarch 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
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
2018
January 2018
The NIH Intramural Sequencing Center: https://www.genome.gov/27570359/
2017
October 2017
New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations: https://www.genome.gov/27568922
2016
August 2016
NIH researchers discover otulipenia, a new inflammatory disease: https://www.genome.gov/27566013May 2016
Temporal Stability of the Human Skin Microbiome: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-05/cp-ops042816.php
2015
December 2015
Dr. Bob Blakesley, director of the NISC sequencing group, rides off into the sunset: https://www.genome.gov/27563314
2014
September 2014
CCGO awards exome sequencing to NIH intramural investigators: https://www.genome.gov/27558725May 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/27556938February 2014
NIH team discovers genetic disorder causing strokes and vascular inflammation in children: https://www.genome.gov/27556385
2013
December 2013
With new study, aquatic comb jelly floats into new evolutionary position: https://www.genome.gov/27555600June 2013
New exhibition makes genome accessible to public: https://www.genome.gov/27554069May 2013
NIH researchers conduct first genomic survey of human skin fungal diversity: https://www.genome.gov/27553903
2012
October 2012
NIH researchers identify novel genes that may drive rare, aggressive form of uterine cancer: https://www.genome.gov/27551420August 2012
NIH uses genome sequencing to help quell bacterial outbreak in Clinical Center: https://www.genome.gov/27549853
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)
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)
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)
