William Anderson

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

For Immediate Release: Tuesday, August 6, 2024, 10:00 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) congratulates the recipients of the ASHG 2024 professional awards, honoring outstanding scientific achievements in genetics and genomics education, mentoring and application of research for the common... Read More