ASHG Annual Meeting Highlights: An Interview with CDC Member Vidhu Thaker, MD
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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
For Immediate Release: October 22, 2024, 10:00 am U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, 202-257-8424, press@ashg.org The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting will take place November 5-9, 2024 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colo. Credentialed members of the press and media are eligible to request complimentary press access to... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? ZL: Mendelian randomization (MR) is a powerful and increasingly popular tool for understanding the causal relationships between complex traits and diseases, especially with the growing availability of GWAS summary statistics. However, MR consistently faces the challenge of horizontal pleiotropy. While there... 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