Paper Spotlight

Trainee Author: Joseph Alaimo, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Baylor College of Medicine (Photo courtesy Dr. Alaimo) Joseph T. Alaimo et al. Copy number loss upstream of RAI1uncovers gene expression regulatory region that may impact Potocki-Lupski syndrome diagnosis. Molecular Cytogenetics, 8:75, (2015). This paper uses a case study to argue for functional identification of chromosomal structural abnormalities, and uses ENCODE... Read More

Trainee Author: Salman Tajuddin, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow National Institute on Aging (Photo courtesy Dr. Tajuddin) Salman Tajuddin et al. Large-Scale Exome-wide Association Analysis Identifies Loci for White Blood Cell Traits and Pleiotrophy with Immune-Mediated Diseases. American Journal of Human Genetics, Volume 99, 22-39 (2016). This Trainee Paper Spotlight highlights three papers published back-to-back in... Read More

Trainee Author: Folefac Aminkeng, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow The University of British Columbia (Photo courtesy Dr. Aminkeng) Folefac Aminkeng et al. A Coding Variant in RARG Confers Susceptibility to Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity in Childhood Cancer. Nature Genetics, Volume 47, 1079-1084 (2015). Cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. At least 14.1 million people are diagnosed... Read More

Trainee Author: Daria Wojtal PhD Candidate Hospital for Sick Children University of Toronto Wojtal D, Kemaladewi DU, Malam Z, Abdullah S, Wong TW, Hyatt E, Baghestani Z, Pereira S, Stavropoulos J, Mouly V, Mamchaoui K, Muntoni F, Voit T, Gonorazky HD, Dowling JJ, Wilson MD, Mendoza-Londono R, Ivakine EA, Cohn RD. (2016) Spell Checking Nature:... Read More

Trainee Author: Ma’en Obeidat, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow University of British Columbia Centre for Heart Lung Innovation Obeidat, Ma’en, Hao, Ke, Bossé, Yohan, Nickle, David C., Nie, Yunlong, Postma, Dirkje S., Laviolette, Michel, Sandford, Andrew J., Daley, Denise D., Hogg, James C., Elliott, W. Mark Fishbane, Nick, Timens, Wim, Hysi, Pirro G., Kaprio, Jaakko, Wilson, James... Read More