ASHG News

What's it like to be a DNA Day essay judge? Dennis Drayna shares his experience, including observations on STEM's future and the changing role of Wikipedia. Read More

Trainee Author: Gaia Andreoletti, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Brenner Lab) University of California, Berkeley (Photo courtesy Andreoletti) Shinichi Takahashi†, Gaia Andreoletti†, et al. De novo and rare mutations in the HSPA1L heat shock gene associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Genome Med. 2017; 9(1):8. This study provides important insights into the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease... Read More

Written by Nascent Transcript writer Sarah A. Gagliano, PhD February 2018  A publicly available resource of half a million individuals with genetic data, and thousands of diverse phenotypes, is a worthy cause for celebration in the genetic research community. The UK Biobank is currently the largest genotyped prospective cohort available to researchers worldwide. For those... Read More

Written by Nascent Transcript writer Sumantra Chatterjee, PhD February 2018 Almost 180 years ago, Theodor Schwann, Matthias Schleiden, and Rudolf Virchow laid down three fundamental tenets of biology collectively called the “cell theory”. Since then, the principles that the cell is the most basic unit of life, all living organisms are composed of cells, and... Read More

Bruce R. Korf, MD, PhD, new Editor of AJHG, discusses the journal's areas of emphasis, new priorities, and role in advancing the field. Read More