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Trainee Paper Spotlight: Anna Miller, BA

Anna Miller, BA Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genome Sciences Case Western Reserve University Miller AK, et al. A novel mapping strategy utilizing mouse chromosome substitution strains identifies multiple epistatic interactions that regulate complex traits. 2020 G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 10.12: 4553-4563. Genetic variation interacts in numerous complicated ways to impact the expression of complex... Read More

Trainee Paper Spotlight: Theodore G. Drivas, MD, PhD

Trainee Author: Theodore G. Drivas, MD, PhD Research Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Clinical Associate, The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Photo courtesy of Theodore G. Drivas) Drivas TG, et al. Mendelian pathway analysis of laboratory traits reveals distinct roles for ciliary subcompartments in common disease pathogenesis. 2021 American Journal of... Read More

Trainee Paper Spotlight: Ozan Dikilitas

Trainee Author: Ozan Dikilitas, M.D. Senior Research Fellow Department of Cardiovascular Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN Dikilitas O, et al. Predictive utility of polygenic risk scores for coronary heart disease in three major racial and ethnic groups. 2020 The American Journal of Human Genetics 106(5):707-716. Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for coronary heart disease are primarily derived from... Read More

Trainee Paper Spotlight: Iris Nira Smith

Author: Iris Nira Smith, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Genomic Medicine Institute Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic Smith IN, et al. Conformational dynamics and allosteric regulation landscapes of germline PTEN mutations associated with autism compared to those associated with cancer. 2019 American Journal of Human Genetics. May 2;104(5):861-878\ Why do mutations in the same gene sometimes lead... Read More