Realizing the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for people everywhere.
Trainee Author: Eirini Marouli, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate William Harvey Research Institute Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary University of London (Photo courtesy Marouli) Marouli E, et al. Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height. Nature. 2017 Feb 9;542(7640):186-190 This paper greatly expands our understanding of the role... Read More
Get your Invited Workshop proposal accepted: Tips from Program Committee Chair Kiran Musunuru. Read More
This month on Inside AJHG: Jonathan Mill describes his new findings on using mQTLs to study the mechanisms underpinning transcriptional regulation. Read More
In honor of Genetic Counselor Awareness Day on 11/8, two NSGC members share how their research shapes the future of genetic counseling & precision medicine. Read More
ASHG denounces the misuse of genetics to feed racist ideologies, and affirms that the research community should be clear about genetic knowledge related to ancestry and genomic diversity. Any attempt to use genetics to rank populations demonstrates a fundamental misunderstanding of genetics. Related: AJHG Perspective: ASHG Denounces Attempts to Link Genetics and Racial Supremacy (November... Read More