Realizing the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for people everywhere.
I hope to see you in Denver this fall at ASHG 2024. It has been 26 years since the last time ASHG’s annual meeting was held in the Mile High City in 1998 and we have seen a period of growth as researchers meet to exchange ideas and insights, and to network for collaboration and... Read More
Posted By: Alyson Barnes, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG AB: What motivated you to start working on this project? KF: Our research group’s primary focus is to use artificial intelligence and deep learning-based approaches to study clinically-relevant genetics questions. This specific project is motivated by the rapid increase in the use of large language models (LLMs)... Read More
For Immediate Release: September 4, 2024, 11:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) announced today the election of Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, PhD as ASHG’s 2025 President-elect; and of Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH, Chester W. Brown, MD, PhD, and Beth A.... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? RMS: The traditional approach to using model organisms is to introduce disease-associated variants and test for disease mechanisms. We wanted to try to flip this paradigm around, using what we knew about the properties of pathogenic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) variants to... Read More
For Immediate Release: August 12, 2024, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) congratulates and welcomes the 2024-2026 Human Genetics Scholars. This is an outstanding group of trainees and early career researchers who are recognized for their research accomplishments as well as their... Read More