Careers & Learning

Career Interview: Eric Alan Shoubridge, PhD

Career Interview: Eric Alan Shoubridge, PhD

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

Career Interview: David Nelson, PhD

Career Interview: David Nelson, PhD

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

Trainee Paper Spotlight: Christoph Nowak

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

Career Interview: Guy Rouleau, MD, PhD

Career Interview: Guy Rouleau, MD, PhD

Professor McGill University ASHG: If you had a choice, would you teach more or spend more time on your research? Why? Dr. Rouleau: While I enjoy teaching, I find it rather sterile in that I am speaking to a group of people describing something known. There are two things that I love of research. The first... Read More

Trainee Paper Spotlight: David Soave

Trainee Author: David Soave, MSc Graduate Student University of Toronto Hospital for Sick Children A Joint Location-Scale Test Improves Power to Detect Associated SNPs, Gene Sets, and Pathways. Soave, David et al. The American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 97, Issue 1, 125 – 138. This paper makes an important contribution to human genetics methods... Read More

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