With the dog days of summer coming to an end, we'd be remiss not to observe #NationalDogDay! To celebrate, we spoke with #NASmember Elaine Ostrander of National Human Genome Research Institute about her work to map the genomes of dogs and its implications for #CancerResearch: ow.ly/Jfen50T6TYw

Happy #WildlifeWednesday! Here is a photograph of a Geoffroy’s tamarin that I took in Panama. The photo is not what it seems… I was actually trying to teach this tamarin how to purify DNA from a banana, but he kept eating the key experimental material!!!

Understanding the function of an entire genome is no easy task! Most genes likely have more than one function. To understand the functional effects of genomic variation, NHGRI launched a consortium called Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF). genome.gov/news/IGVF

Happy #WildlifeWednesday! Here is a lemur that I photographed in Madagascar in 2015. His expression was identical to mine this past Sunday morning – thinking “how on earth could it be September already???”

START ME UP! Co-Chairs Eric Green from National Human Genome Research Institute and Mike Talkowski from MassGeneral News and Talkowski Lab take the stage and kick off Day 1 at AGBT Precision Health 2024. #AGBTPH