Structural and genetic diversity in the secreted mucins MUC5AC and MUC5B Position: PhD Candidate, Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington & Fred Hutch Cancer Center ASHG: Can you describe the type of research that has your primary focus? Elizabeth Plender: I study genetic variation in the mucins, a set of heterogenous loci that encode... Read More
A novel multivariable Mendelian randomization framework to disentangle highly correlated exposures with application to metabolomics Position: Postdoctoral Associate in the Pan Lab working with Professor Wei Pan, Division of Biostatistics & Health Data Science, University of Minnesota ASHG: Can you describe the type of research that has your primary focus? Lap Sum Chan: My research... Read More
Anna Miller, PhD With the days getting shorter and the completion of the ASHG 2024 Annual Meeting, it’s the perfect time to approach the end of the year with renewed resolution! Use this time, to reflect and start the upcoming new year with focus and a genuine effort to form the habits you want by... Read More
By: Morteza Seifi, PhD The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting is a yearly conference for the genetics and genomics community to network, share their research, and learn about the latest advancements in the field. This year, although I was unable to attend the meeting, I’m excited to bring insights from one of... Read More
By Meena Radhakrishnan, MD As a writer for this Trainee Newsletter, something is always in the back of my mind: my struggles, along with my dreams and aspirations. It was in eighth grade that genetics was introduced to me in the form of Mendel’s Experiment. The simple experiment evolved my thinking into a new branch... Read More
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