Category Archives: Human Genetics

Rosalind Franklin Investigator Award Application Site Opens

Newswise BETHESDA, MD April 26, 2012 The Genetics Society of America (GSA) and the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) announce the opening of the online application for the 2013 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award, a career development research award for early career female geneticists, funded by The Gruber Foundation. The award, which is open to women scientists worldwide who are within their first three years as an independent faculty level researcher, provides $75,000 over three years ($25,000 per year) in support. GSA and ASHG will select two recipients, one for genetics research in human or non-human mammals and one for genetics research in model organisms Continue reading

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Chicagoland Jewish High School student wins genetics essay contest

BY PAT KROCHMAL pkrochmal@pioneerlocal.com April 20, 2012 5:20PM Nathan Swetlitz, a junior at Chicagoland Jewish High School in Deerfield, and his science teacher, Robert Taylor, grin after receiving the news that the student took first place in the American Society of Human Genetics Essay Contest . | Photo courtesy American Society of Human Genetics storyidforme: 29238564 tmspicid: 10577789 fileheaderid: 4858409 Nathan Swetlitz, a junior at Chicagoland Jewish High School in Deerfield, has won first place in the American Society of Human Genetics Essay Contest celebrating National DNA day Continue reading

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Human Prehistory 101 Part 1: Out of (Eastern) Africa – Video


17-04-2012 21:38 Second in a series of 23andMe videos that introduces human prehistory, this video describes how our human ancestors spread throughout Africa and then into other regions such as Australia and Europe. How did they reach Australia so early on? Continue reading

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Human Prehistory 101 Part 2: Weathering The Storm – Video


17-04-2012 22:01 Third in a series of 23andMe videos that introduces human prehistory, this video describes how early humans continued to defy the odds and populated the Americas during the last ice age. Continue reading

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'Star Wars' exhibit explores human identity

MONTREAL, Canada – A new exhibit exploring human identity through the “Star Wars” universe and the epic sci-fi saga’s quirky characters kicks off a multi-city world tour in Montreal on Thursday, April 19. “Star Wars Identities” combines the latest scientific research in areas of psychology, neuropsychology and genetics with some 200 costumes, props, models and artwork from the Lucasfilm archives to ask the fundamental questions: who we are and how do we become who we are? “Since ‘Star Wars’ takes place in a fantasy world, the characters need to be identifiable so that the audience can connect to them,” the creator of the wildly popular films, George Lucas, said in a statement Continue reading

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Human Prehistory 101: Prologue – Video


17-04-2012 23:17 Award winning 23andMe video introduces human prehistory starting over 200000 years ago. Continue reading

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NewLink Genetics and Its CEO Are Recognized as High-Tech Leaders by the Technology Association of Iowa

AMES, Iowa — NewLink Genetics Corporation , today announced that NewLink and its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Charles Link, each received one of the 2012 Prometheus Awards granted each year by the Technology …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Seattle Genetics and Millennium to Collaborate with Ventana on Companion Diagnostic for ADCETRIS™ in CD30-Positive …

Seattle Genetics, Inc. and Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited , today announced that they have formed a collaboration with Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Ambry Genetics Initiates Fluidigm-Based Genomic Research Services for Gene Expression, SNP Genotyping and Sample Prep …

Ambry Genetics, a global leader in clinical diagnostics and genomic services, announced today the launch of Fluidigm BioMark™ HD and Access Array™ System-based genomic research services.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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World Repository of Human Genetics Now Hosted by Amazon

The U.S. National Institutes of Health announced Friday (March 30) that it'll be hosting data from its 1,000 Genomes Project for free on Amazon's cloud service. The 1,000 Genomes Project is the world's largest database of human genetics. It was … Continue reading

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Good Start Genetics Announces $14M Series B Financing, Expands Senior Management Team

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –  Good Start Genetics ,™ Inc., an innovative molecular diagnostics company developing the new gold standard in carrier screening , today announced it completed …Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Genetics Training Award in Clinical Biochemical Genetics announced

( American College of Medical Genetics ) Carlos E. Prada, M.D., of Cincinnati Children's Hospital and James D. Weisfeld-Adams, M.D., of Mount Sinai School of Medicine, N.Y., were honored as the 2012-2013 recipients of the Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Medical Genetics Training … Continue reading

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Seattle Genetics Demonstrates Continued Leadership in Antibody-Drug Conjugates at AACR

Seattle Genetics, Inc. today announced that research related to its antibody-drug conjugate technology was presented at the 103rd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research being held in Chicago, IL.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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World Repository of Human Genetics Will Move to Amazon's Cloud

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Supreme Court Patent Case: Myriad Genetics' Human Gene Ownership Voided

The Supreme Court patent case on Monday resulted in a SCOTUS overturn of the Myriad Genetics human gene ownership of human genes belonging to the Salt Lake company.Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=human+genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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Amazon And The NIH Team Up To Put Human Genome In The Cloud

Amazon and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced today that the complete 1000 Genomes Project is being made available on Amazon Web Services as a public data set . The announcement, made at the White House Big Data … Continue reading

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PBS' 'Nova' Applies Pixeldust to Genetics

Uses the animation studio to visualize the human genome in Nova's "Cracking Your Genetic…Source:http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/rss?p=human+genetics&ei=UTF-8&fl=0&x=wrt

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BCM Researcher Describes Search for Epigenetic Factors, Environmental Regulators at ACMG

By Andrea Anderson CHARLOTTE, NC (GenomeWeb News) In the search for disease-related epigenetic patterns that can be detected with a simple blood test, researchers are looking more closely at a group of epigenetic marks known as metastable epialleles, attendees heard today at the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics annual clinical meeting. Speaking during a plenary session on developmental epigenetics and human disease, Robert Waterland, a pediatrics and molecular and human genetics researcher at Baylor College of Medicine, described studies being done on epigenetic regulation with an eye towards environmental factors that influence these processes, including maternal nutrition Continue reading

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Amazon Web Services and the US National Institutes of Health Announce the Largest Catalog of Human Genetics is Now …

Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN) and the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced at the White House Big Data Summit that the complete 1000 Genomes Project is now available on AWS as a publicly available data set. Today’s announcement makes the largest collection of human genetics available to researchers worldwide, free of charge. The … Continue reading

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AWS Hosts Human Genetics Catalog in the Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that the complete 1000 Genomes Project is now available on AWS as a publically available data set Continue reading

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