Realizing the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for people everywhere.
Applications for the 2023-25 program will open late April 2023. ASHG, in partnership with NHGRI, Biogen, GSK, Roche, and Merck & Co is pleased to provide the Human Genetics Scholars Initiative, a program launched in April 2019 to help advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the field. The program will: Identify, mentor, and help prepare a... Read More
Inside AJHG: A Chat with Mitchell Machiela KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? MM: Our main motivation for this study was to better understand how germline genetic variation in the 6p25.1 Ewing sarcoma (EwS) susceptibility locus contributes to EwS risk. Specifically, based on evidence from a prior investigation of the 10q21.3... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? SP: I always had an interest in the field of medical genetics, and oligogenic diseases specifically intrigue me because of their challenging nature, as even after years of research since their first official reporting in the early 1990s, our knowledge on... Read More
Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What prompted you to start working on this project? RG: I needed to find some G6PD variants with a range of activities for an experiment I was planning. As I was reading the literature, I was finding reviews and following the trails back to the original... Read More
ASHG recently responded to a select number of questions in a Request for Information (RFI) from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on the National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative. OSTP released this RFI to seek public input on how advances in biotechnology and biomanufacturing can help support a strong bioeconomy. The insights... Read More