Posted By: Alyson Barnes, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG AB: What motivated you to start working on this project? KF: Our research group’s primary focus is to use artificial intelligence and deep learning-based approaches to study clinically-relevant genetics questions. This specific project is motivated by the rapid increase in the use of large language models (LLMs)... Read More
For Immediate Release: September 4, 2024, 11:30 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org ROCKVILLE, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) announced today the election of Susan A. Slaugenhaupt, PhD as ASHG’s 2025 President-elect; and of Melinda C. Aldrich, PhD, MPH, Chester W. Brown, MD, PhD, and Beth A.... Read More
Posted By: HGG Advances HGGA: What motivated you to start working on this project? RMS: The traditional approach to using model organisms is to introduce disease-associated variants and test for disease mechanisms. We wanted to try to flip this paradigm around, using what we knew about the properties of pathogenic aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase (ARS) variants to... Read More
For Immediate Release: August 12, 2024, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Kara Flynn, (202) 257-8424, press@ashg.org The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) congratulates and welcomes the 2024-2026 Human Genetics Scholars. This is an outstanding group of trainees and early career researchers who are recognized for their research accomplishments as well as their... Read More
Posted By: Kylee Spencer, PhD, Assistant Editor, AJHG KS: What motivated you to start working on this project? MG: During the pandemic, I found myself at home with three kids under five and adjusting to a totally new type of “normal,” which drove me to reprioritize my research goals. Being physically away from the bench,... Read More
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