December 2023

ASHG recently held its 2023 Annual Meeting November 1 – 5 in Washington, DC. As a part of the programs offered, ASHG’s Shared Interest Groups (SIGs) held in-person meetups. The Shared Interest Groups were specifically created by ASHG’s Membership Engagement Committee (MEC) to provide a space for members who are interested in similar topics to... Read More

Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? SG: My lab has been studying the mechanisms underlying the variable expressivity of rare variants in complex disorders like autism and intellectual disability. We observed that affected children inheriting a variably expressive rare variant (such as 16p12.1... Read More

Nitya Gannavarapu, MSc.   Researchers are the pioneers that continue to expand the vast landscape of scientific exploration and advance our understanding of the world and shape us as a society. The journey of each researcher is often characterized by countless hours of experimentation, analysis, and collaboration. However, one often overlooked aspect that shapes their trajectory... Read More

Anna Miller, PhD In honor of 75 years of ASHG, we are looking back on ASHG trainees to see where those who were once in our place are now. The Nascent Transcript reached out to prior winners of the ASHG award for Trainee Research Excellence, which honors excellent research conducted by predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees... Read More