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Director of Research 23andMe, Inc. ASHG: If you could go back to when you were a trainee, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself for your current career? Dr. Tung: Get involved in activities outside of the lab. I was co-president of the Graduate Students’ Association at UCSF for a few years,... Read More
Congratulations to the 2015 winners and thank you all for participating. Happy DNA Day! This year ASHG received submissions from students in 37 states and 16 foreign countries, including Turkey, Taiwan, Macadonia, and Ghana. Asking students to focus on the evolving definition of a gene engaged them in deeper thinking about our current understanding of... Read More
Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Communications Manager 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Friday, April 24, 2015 12:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) Contest Invites High School Students to Examine Important Genetics Concepts BETHESDA, MD – In commemoration of National DNA Day, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) hosted its 10th Annual DNA Day Essay Contest to... Read More
William Lambert Richardson Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology and Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School Director of Cytogenetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital ASHG: If you could go back to when you were a trainee, what is one piece of advice you would give yourself for your current career? Dr. Morton: Given my role... Read More
Media Contacts: Jerome del Picchia, ESHG Executive Officer +43.1.405.13.822 | eo@eshg.org Nalini Padmanabhan, ASHG Communications Manager +1.301.634.7346 | press@ashg.org For Immediate Release Tuesday, March 24, 2015 4:00 pm U.S. Eastern Time (UTC-05:00) BETHESDA, MD, USA and VIENNA, AUSTRIA – Two of the world’s largest professional societies of human geneticists have issued a joint position statement on the... Read More