By Meena Radhakrishnan, MD As a writer for this Trainee Newsletter, something is always in the back of my mind: my struggles, along with my dreams and aspirations. It was in eighth grade that genetics was introduced to me in the form of Mendel’s Experiment. The simple experiment evolved my thinking into a new branch... Read More
Anna Miller, PhD In honor of 75 years of ASHG, we are looking back on ASHG trainees to see where those who were once in our place are now. The Nascent Transcript reached out to prior winners of the ASHG award for Trainee Research Excellence, which honors excellent research conducted by predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees... Read More
Transcriptome prediction performance across machine learning models and diverse ancestries Position: Data Scientist II. Marcus Institute for Aging Research – Harvard Medical School ASHG: Can you describe the type of research that has your primary focus? Paul Okoro: My research centers on developing and utilizing data-driven integrated bioinformatics and statistical frameworks. Specifically, I work on... Read More
Ruizhi (Vince) Duan, MS Developmental genomics of limb malformations: Allelic series in association with gene dosage effects contribute to the clinical variability Position: Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genomics Program, Lupski Lab, Baylor College of Medicine ASHG: Can you describe the type of research that has your primary focus? Ruizhi: My research explores the etiology... Read More
Samuel Smith, PhD, Brown University Enrichment analyses identify shared associations for 25 quantitative traits in over 600,000 individuals from seven diverse ancestries Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Arbel Harpak Lab – University of Texas at Austin ASHG: Can you describe the type of research that has your primary focus? Samuel Smith: My research focuses on developing... Read More