Population Genetics

Published: Monday, July 22, 2019, 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck, 301.634.7342, press@ashg.org Geneticists to Receive Awards at ASHG 2019 Annual Meeting ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Charles Rotimi, PhD, and Sarah Tishkoff, PhD, as the 2019 recipients of the Curt Stern Award. Dr. Rotimi... Read More

Trainee Author: Bárbara Domingues Bitarello, PhD Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Genetics Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania (Photo courtesy Bitarello) Bitarello BD, et al. Signatures of long-term balancing selection in human genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2018 Mar 1;10(3) In this month’s Trainee Paper Spotlight, Bitarello et al. define a simple yet powerful new... Read More

For Immediate Release Saturday, October 20, 2018 12:40 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org Resource Presented at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Geneticists have assembled the largest sets of African genomic data available to date, creating a resource that will help researchers understand the genetic structure of Africa... Read More

For Immediate Release Thursday, October 18, 2018 9:30 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time Media Contact: Ann Klinck 301.634.7342 press@ashg.org Findings Reported at ASHG 2018 Annual Meeting SAN DIEGO, Calif. – A new approach to genetic analysis finds associations between environmental factors and pharmacogenes – genes associated with a person’s response to drugs – sparking ideas for... Read More

Trainee Author: Cassandra N. Spracklen, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Photo courtesy Spracklen) Cassandra N. Spracklen et al. Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Human Molecular Genetics (2017); 26(9);1770–1784. This study provides novel insights into... Read More