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The Lifetime Achievement Award is the top prize given by the American Society of Human Genetics. The award is presented annually to recognize substantial and far-reaching scientific contributions to human genetics, carried out over a sustained period of scientific inquiry and productivity. The recipient is presented with an engraved medal and a monetary award of... Read More
Trainee Author: Michael D. Gallagher, BS, PhD Postdoctoral Associate Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (Photo courtesy Gallagher) Gallagher MD, et al. A Dementia-Associated Risk Variant near TMEM106B Alters Chromatin Architecture and Gene Expression. AJHG. 2017 Nov 2;101(5):643-663 This paper is a prime example of how to mechanistically follow up on a GWAS result. Gallagher et... Read More
A brief summary of the ASHG-AJHG webinar on therapeutic developments. Watch the full webinar now! Read More
This month on Inside AJHG: Vijay Sankaran on his new analysis of Diamond-Blackfan anemia, including its potential as a model for other rare disease studies. Read More
From the President’s Desk: David L. Nelson, PhD December 2018 Approaching my final month as President of ASHG, I started reflecting on the past year, as well as the several years I’ve spent as part of the Society’s leadership and my more than 30 years as a member. Paralleling the field of human genetics, ASHG... Read More