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Professor and Chair, Department of Human Genetics Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University ASHG: What non-academic skills would you encourage trainees to develop to prepare for successfully running a lab? What specific skills have proved invaluable for you? Dr. Shoubridge: One of the biggest challenges in running a lab is people management. Scientists, by their nature,... Read More

Professor, Baylor College of Medicine Department of Molecular and Human Genetics ASHG: What non-academic skills would you encourage trainees to develop to prepare for successfully running a lab? What specific skills have proved invaluable for you? Dr. Nelson: I have often complained that our advancement to the next position in the progression from undergrad to grad... Read More

TDC member Doug Dluzen interviews Christopher Mason, PhD, on the genetics and epigenetics of space travel. February 2016 One of the most exciting research endeavors in human genetics isn’t happening entirely on Earth. Instead, you will have to look up towards the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts Scott and Mark Kelly, identical twin brothers, are... Read More

TDC member Julie Jurgens interviews Gorka Alkorta-Aranburu, PhD, Trainee Representative to the ASHG Board of Directors. February 2016  ASHG: Tell us about yourself. Dr. Alkorta-Aranburu: I received my Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao, Spain, where I was first introduced to genetics. As my ultimate... Read More

Trainee Author: Christoph Nowak, BM BCh(Oxon.), Dipl.-Psych. Graduate Student Uppsala University Protein biomarkers for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes risk in two large community cohorts. Diabetes. 2015 Sep 29. pii: db150881. This paper provides novel insights into the role of protein biomarkers on insulin resistance, highlighting the important discovery potential of biomarkers in understanding... Read More