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Completed NON-SBIR/STTR RPGS NIH (US)

ENCODE Mapping Center-A Comprehensive Catalog of DNase I Hypersensitive Sites

$30.87M USD

Funder NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Recipient Organization Altius Institute for Biomedical Sciences
Country United States
Start Date Feb 01, 2021
End Date Jan 31, 2023
Duration 729 days
Number of Grantees 1
Roles Principal Investigator
Data Source NIH (US)
Grant ID 10241208
Grant Description

ABSTRACT    The  overall  mission  of  this  Mapping  Center  is  to  create  and  disseminate  open  access,  comprehensive,  high-­quality,  high-­resolution  reference  maps  of  DNase  I  hypersensitive  sites  (DHSs)  in  the  human  and  mouse  genomes,  at  previously  unattainable  levels  of  cellular  and  anatomical  definition.

Regulatory  DNA  is  actuated  in  an  exceptionally  state-­specific  manner;?  accordingly,  achieving  a  comprehensive  map  of  DHSs  necessitates  the  interrogation  of  an  expansive  and  finely  partitioned  range  of  cell  and  tissue  samples.

Progressive  technical  improvements  and  recent  innovations  have  resulted  in  dramatic  (>100x)  decreases  in  requisite  input  biological  sample  quantities  coupled  with  equally  dramatic  (>100x)  increases  in  assay  throughput, and corresponding decreases in the incremental cost of generating reference-­quality  DHS maps.

These advances have in turn opened the possibility of systematically addressing all  well-­defined  physiologically  and  disease-­relevant  anatomic  and  cellular  compartments.

Four  major Specific Aims are targeted: (1) To create open access, comprehensive high-­quality, high-­ resolution reference maps of human DNase I hypersensitive sites;? (2) To create and disseminate  comprehensive  high-­quality,  high-­resolution  reference  maps  of  mouse  DNase  I  hypersensitive  sites;?  (3)  To  maintain  and  disseminate  reference  indices  of  DNase  I  hypersensitive  sites  and  footprints in the human and mouse genomes;? and (4) To enable large-­scale intake of Consortium  and Community samples for high-­quality, high-­throughput DHS mapping.

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