Trainee

Training & Development Committee chair Monika Schmidt recaps her experience at ASHG 2017 in Orlando. Read More

Computational Geneticist and Genetic Epidemiologist, Columbia University and MyHeritage Chris Nowak, ASHG: Briefly describe your current position. Dr. Erlich: I am the Chief Science Officer of MyHeritage and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University (currently on leave of absence). MyHeritage is a large consumer genetics and genealogy company that operates all over... Read More

Neil Lamb, PhD, is Vice President for Educational Outreach at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. He has been a member of ASHG since 2000, served on its Information & Education Committee from 2003-05, and chaired the I&E Committee from 2007-09. Kate Garber, ASHG:Tell us about your position and how it fits into your institution and... Read More

“Learn from yesterday, work for today, plan for tomorrow, dream for the day after tomorrow…and most of your dreams will come true.” Supriyo De, MD/PhD, is a Staff Scientist at the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is a leading bioinformatics expert focusing on the integration of... Read More

Trainee Author: Johanna Känsäkoski PhD student University of Helsinki (Photo courtesy Känsäkoski) Johanna Känsäkoski et al. Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome caused by a deep intronic pseudoexon-activating mutation in the androgen receptor gene. Scientific Reports (2016); 6: 32819. This paper highlights the use of sequencing technology to identify causative mutations in patients with a normal androgen receptor... Read More