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Over the course of the year, the ASHG Digital Learning Committee and Digital Program staff hosted a range of digital programs designed to connect, educate, and engage the ASHG community. From webinars to interactive workshops and podcasts, these programs have opened new doors to learning on a variety of topics. If you haven’t had the... Read More

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

Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA:  What motivated you to start working on this project? SG: There has been a lot of work in recent years on developing polygenic scores (PGS) for multi-ancestry populations, but most studies have focused on populations genetically similar to European and East Asian reference groups. In this project, we utilize data... Read More

Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? For some time, I had thought that a comprehensive review of the pleiotropy associated with the 16p11.2 BP4-5 CNVs was missing. I was convinced that such a report would be useful to many geneticists and clinicians. The... Read More