Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? MG: The pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) remains poorly understood. In other immune-mediated diseases, integrating genome-wide association studies with epigenomics and transcriptomics has successfully identified key pathogenic cell types, such as T cells in rheumatoid arthritis and B cells in systemic... Read More
Posted By: Alyson Barnes, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG AB: What motivated you to start working on this project? AH: Although I was born in Armenia, I emigrated at the age of three and spent most of my life living abroad. Over the years, I found myself feeling increasingly distanced from my homeland and its history.... Read More
A novel multivariable Mendelian randomization framework to disentangle highly correlated exposures with application to metabolomics Position: Postdoctoral Associate in the Pan Lab working with Professor Wei Pan, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science, University of Minnesota ASHG: Can you describe the type of research that has your primary focus? Lap Sum Chan: My research... Read More
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Posted By: Alyson Barnes, PhD, Deputy Editor, AJHG AB: What motivated you to start working on this project? My lab used to be more yeast-focused and, back in 2018, CHEK2 was on a short list of human genes that complement loss of the corresponding yeast genes. Really though it was Sean Tavtigian at University of Utah (thanks... Read More