Trainee Newsletter

During high school, students often feel confused about which subjects to choose and what profession to pursue, finding themselves lost in a sea of unfamiliar jargon. Being an immigrant makes this task even more difficult. As a mother of a college student from India who is working to step up in my career, choosing the... Read More

The transition from obtaining a PhD to a first post-doc role can be challenging! The Nascent Transcript interviewed members of the ASHG Career Development Committee (CDC) and Program Committee (PC), about their experience landing their first role in academia, industry, or science communications.  We spoke with Andrew Marderstein, PhD, currently a Research Fellow at Memorial... Read More

You’ve spent years becoming an expert in a specific topic, writing countless discussions, and with your defense of your PhD right around the corner, you are about to finally obtain that title you have worked tirelessly towards – Doctor! As you celebrate your accomplishments and journey with your new degree, even more opportunities and challenges... Read More

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