President’s Proposed Budget Insufficient to Support Biomedical Research “Today, the Trump Administration released a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 that cuts the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by nearly 40 percent and the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget by 57 percent. Without adequate funding for NIH, NSF and other agencies within HHS, research... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? Anne Gregor (AG): I first became interested in FBXO11, when we and others could link variants in this gene to a variable neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD). As not much was known about neuronal functions of the ubiquitin ligase complex protein FBXO11 and... Read More
During high school, students often feel confused about which subjects to choose and what profession to pursue, finding themselves lost in a sea of unfamiliar jargon. Being an immigrant makes this task even more difficult. As a mother of a college student from India who is working to step up in my career, choosing the... Read More
The transition from obtaining a PhD to a first post-doc role can be challenging! The Nascent Transcript interviewed members of the ASHG Career Development Committee (CDC) and Program Committee (PC), about their experience landing their first role in academia, industry, or science communications. We spoke with Andrew Marderstein, PhD, currently a Research Fellow at Memorial... Read More
You’ve spent years becoming an expert in a specific topic, writing countless discussions, and with your defense of your PhD right around the corner, you are about to finally obtain that title you have worked tirelessly towards – Doctor! As you celebrate your accomplishments and journey with your new degree, even more opportunities and challenges... Read More