BCM-HGSC in the News
Baylor College of Medicine recognizes research excellence with DeBakey Awards - (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)
Six Baylor College of Medicine faculty members were selected as recipients of the 2023 Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award. Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck and Dr. Jeffrey Rogers were among those recognized for their work during the Sept. 18 ceremony at Baylor.
Sedlazeck’s research focuses on the understanding of genome instability and complex variations and their impact on evolution and disease. Rogers is an internationally recognized expert in the genetics and genomics of nonhuman primates.
Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital launch a new clinical genomic sequencing program to help patients with an undiagnosed condition - (Friday, August 25, 2023)
About 35% of severe developmental childhood genetic diseases have a known disease-causing gene mutation. Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital researchers Dr. Hugo J. Bellen, Dr. Richard Gibbs and Dr. Katherine Y. King have launched a new genomic sequencing initiative to identify the genetic mutations and the underlying mechanisms responsible for the remaining two-thirds of these pediatric conditions.
This transformational project is made possible by a two-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and is an extension of national collaborative initiatives such as the National Institutes of Health’s Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) and the Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetic of Rare Diseases programs (GREGoR).
Your cells don’t have the genome you were born with. Project aims to chart impact of new mutations - (Tuesday, August 15, 2023)
Science takes a look at Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues (SMaHT), an ambitious National Institutes of Health (NIH) project to map genomic diversity, and speaks with Dr. Harsha Doddapaneni who helps lead one of the SMaHT sequencing groups at the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (BCM-HGSC).
Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center adopts Olink® Explore HT proteomics platform - (Tuesday, August 8, 2023)
The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center is incorporating the Olink Explore HT proteomics platform into its portfolio of world-class multiomics. The addition of Olink proteomic technology enables a more thorough understanding of the intricate connections between genes, proteins, and diseases that will lead to improved diagnostics, targeted therapies and the advancement of precision and personalized medicine.
NIH Somatic Variant Detection Program to Develop Novel Assays, Computational Tools - (Friday, July 21, 2023)
GenomeWeb takes a look at the Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) program, a National Institutes of Health Common Fund project to accelerate research on the impact of somatic mosiacism on human development, aging and disease. SMaHT researchers, including HGSC's Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck, weigh in on the challenges and benefits of this groundbreaking program.
National DNA Day 2023: Inside look at BCM’s Human Genome Sequencing Center - (Tuesday, April 25, 2023)
In a special segment for National DNA Day, Fox 26 Houston reporter Chelsea Edwards visits the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center and talks with Dr. Richard Gibbs and the HGSC team about the history of the center and the cutting-edge research taking place in genomics.
Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center celebrates 20 years since the completion of the Human Genome Project - (Thursday, April 13, 2023)
On April 14, 2003, the National Human Genome Research Institute and its international partners, including the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center (BCM-HGSC), announced the completion of the Human Genome Project and the successful generation of a highly accurate and publicly available reference sequence of the human genome.
To celebrate the anniversary of completion of this unprecedented project, carried out from 1990 to 2003 and considered one of the most ambitious and important scientific endeavors in human history, From the Labs sat with Dr. Richard Gibbs, director of the BCM-HGSC since its establishment in 1996, to learn about the role BCM has played in this landmark global scientific effort.
The Human Genome Project Turns 20: Here's How It Altered the World - (Tuesday, April 11, 2023)
Marking the 20th anniversary of the announcement of the first complete sequencing of the human genome, Gizmodo takes a look at the achievements and ongoing legacy of the ambitious Human Genome Project (HGP). The tech website also interviews Dr. Richard Gibbs, founding director of the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center, which was one of five institutions that together contributed around 80% of the data for the HGP.
GigaScience names Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck guest editor for new T2T series - (Monday, April 3, 2023)
Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck of the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center and Dr. Jue Ruan of the Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, have been named guest editors of a new thematic series by GigaScience highlighting the telomere-to-telomere (T2T) approach to gapless sequences. The series will focus on T2T papers, including discussions of standards and definitions, datasets, methods and technologies.
Shining a light on dark genes - (Tuesday, March 7, 2023)
The PacBio blog takes a look at recent studies that examine the benefits of incorporating long-read sequencing in population genomics programs. Recently, HGSC's Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck led a collaborative project with Twist Bioscience and PacBio to optimize a gene panel for HiFi long-read technology. The main result of this study has been made available as the Twist Alliance Dark Genes Panel.