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ASHG News
Career Interview: Olivier Noel, PhD
Founder DNASimple Dr. Noel was recently recognized in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Science list and received a $200,000 investment on ABC’s Shark Tank for his company. Burcu Darst, ASHG: Could you tell us about your company, DNAsimple? Dr. Noel: DNAsimple is a marketplace where researchers, particularly those in genetics/genomics, can find and obtain DNA and other specimens from the... Read More
Trainee Paper Spotlight: Ling-shiang Chuang
Trainee Author: Ling-shiang Chuang, PhD Instructor and Postdoctoral Fellow Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Photo courtesy Chuang) Chuang LS, Villaverde N, Hui KY, et al. A Frameshift in CSF2RB Predominant Among Ashkenazi Jews Increases Risk for Crohn’s Disease and Reduces Monocyte Signaling via GM-CSF. Gastroenterology. 2016; 151(4):710-723.e2. This study uses multiple techniques to... Read More
ASHG Disappointed by Proposed NIH Budget for FY 2019
For Immediate Release Tuesday, February 13, 2018 12:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time Media Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan ASHG Director of Communications & Marketing 301.634.7346 press@ashg.org BETHESDA, MD – The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is disappointed by the Administration’s proposed Fiscal Year 2019 National Institutes of Health (NIH) budget released yesterday. This budget would impose... Read More
FY2020 Administration budget would dramatically slow new knowledge and medical advances
ASHG thanks Congress for strong bipartisan support of NIH, urges sustained investment For Immediate Release Monday, March 11, 2019 4:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time ROCKVILLE, Md. – The American Society of Human Genetics today expressed deep disappointment at the administration’s budget proposal for medical research released today, noting that the cuts would significantly slow new... Read More