Inside AJHG: A Chat with Tony Capra and Will Bush
This month on Inside AJHG: Tony Capra and Will Bush look across fields to study the spatial patterns of protein-coding variants. Read More
February 2018
ASHG Welcomes Kelly Ventura as Senior Director of Education and Membership
For Immediate Release Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications & Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is pleased to announce that Kelly Ventura, MHA, joined the organization this month as Senior Director of Education and Membership. In... Read More
Help Secure $2 Billion More for NIH!
An update on U.S. federal research funding for FY18 and FY19. Share your genetics research story and support NIH funding through ASHG's Advocacy Center. Read More
Career Interview: Olivier Noel, PhD
Founder DNASimple Dr. Noel was recently recognized in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Science list and received a $200,000 investment on ABC’s Shark Tank for his company. Burcu Darst, ASHG: Could you tell us about your company, DNAsimple? Dr. Noel: DNAsimple is a marketplace where researchers, particularly those in genetics/genomics, can find and obtain DNA and other specimens from the... Read More
Trainee Paper Spotlight: Ling-shiang Chuang
Trainee Author: Ling-shiang Chuang, PhD Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Photo courtesy Chuang) Chuang LS, Villaverde N, Hui KY, et al. A Frameshift in CSF2RB Predominant Among Ashkenazi Jews Increases Risk for Crohn’s Disease and Reduces Monocyte Signaling via GM-CSF. Gastroenterology. 2016; 151(4):710-723.e2. This study uses multiple techniques to... Read More