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ASHG Organizational Comment on FY 2026 President’s Budget Request

ASHG Organizational Comment on FY 2026 President’s Budget Request

 President’s Proposed Budget Insufficient to Support Biomedical Research “Today, the Trump Administration released a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026 that cuts the National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget by nearly 40 percent and the National Science Foundation (NSF) budget by 57 percent. Without adequate funding for NIH, NSF and other agencies within HHS, research... Read More

ASHG Announces 2025 Winners of DNA Day Essay Contest

High School Students Worldwide Consider the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Genetic Testing For Immediate Release: Friday, April 25, 2025, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD –The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) today announced the winners of its 2025 DNA Day Essay Contest. ASHG awarded first place to... Read More

1st Place: Ethan Poe, Grade 10

2025 DNA Day Essay Contest Winners

Congratulations to our winners and thank you to all who participated. Happy DNA Day! 2025 Winners Honorable Mentions Sailesh Vijayaragavan Badri William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute Toronto, Canada Teacher: Dr. Elaine Sinclair Chaewon Kim North Hollywood High School Highly Gifted Magnet Los Angeles, California Jai Elangovan Merchant Taylor’s School Northwood, United Kingdom Teacher: Ms. Sophie... Read More

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2025 DNA Day Essay Contest: Full Essays

1st Place: Ethan Poh, Grade 10 Teacher: Mrs. Michelle Masters School: Jumeirah English Speaking School, Arabian Ranches Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates We have come a long way from the days of Mendelian inheritance, when genes were thought to follow rigid patterns of simple dominance and recessiveness. Now, AI-based genetic testing is opening new vistas in the field of... Read More

Inside <em>HGGA</em>: A Chat with Anne Gregor, PhD

Inside HGGA: A Chat with Anne Gregor, PhD

Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? Anne Gregor (AG): I first became interested in FBXO11, when we and others could link variants in this gene to a variable neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD). As not much was known about neuronal functions of the ubiquitin ligase complex protein FBXO11 and... Read More