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Today, a group of ASHG members visited key congressional offices in Washington, D.C. to discuss the critical importance of sustained and predictable NIH funding, including how universities bolster local and state economies and the many ways genetics research saves lives.

Save the date! Join us #AnVILCommunityConference2025 on September 4-5, 2025 in Nashville, TN. We’ll start with a Networking Event on the evening of September 3, 2025. Dive into genomic data science and cloud computing with scientific talks, poster sessions, and CoFest!

Check out the May Newsletter where we spotlight #WashUPhysicianScientist Dr. Patricia Dickson. She tells a great story! wustl.box.com/s/6mxo8t0jmogc…

Thank you, Mike, for sharing this announcement about Susan’s election to the National Academy of Sciences. She is an outstanding scientist, a valued colleague, and an asset to our exceptional Genetics department here at WashU. I am lucky to have her as my office and lab neighbor,

As a member of the Genome Research Editorial Board, I would like to highlight a compelling two-part series on long-read sequencing. It is a must-read for anyone interested in where the field is headed with insightful work throughout. #genomics #genetics #longread #dna #rna

A huge thank you to Janine Kwapis Janine Kwapis (she/her) for the kind invitation to deliver a keynote talk at the Penn State University Center for the Molecular Investigation of Neurological Disorders Retreat this week! It was a fantastic visit. Every talk at the retreat was outstanding, the

Join WashU Medicine Genetics Shreffler Lecture next Tuesday (May. 13, 4pm CST) in Connor Auditorium when Dr. Harmit Malik presents “Genetic conflicts during meiosis drive the rapid evolution of essential chromatin proteins”, hosted by Dr. Ting Wang Ting Wang

Got a cool story in genetics? Maybe a single base change that changed your life? 🧬 Submit your abstract to #ASHG25 and tell the world! 🌎 It’s like natural selection, but with peer review. 😉 👉 ashg.org/meetings/2025m… ASHG . Deadline: June 9th

Release of DeepVariant and DeepSomatic v1.9 DV: Added training on HG002 T2T-Q100. Error reduction of 12% for Illumina and 30% for PacBio on this truth set. 25% faster. DeepTrio is 5x faster (20h -> 4h). DS: New models FFPE_TUMOR_ONLY for {WGS, WES}. Much improved WGS models.

Updated my new TNTurnerLab manual today and included a new section called “​​Fun Things to Do” highlighting some of the cool activities nearby. One of those is the renovated #tennis courts and #racquetball (handball) courts in Hudlin Park. I purchased tennis rackets and tennis

Join us in congratulating professor Susan K. Dutcher, PhD, on her election to the National Academy of Sciences. Her groundbreaking research on cilia is unlocking insights into chronic disease and continues to elevate WashU Medicine’s legacy of scientific excellence and impact.

Currently, I have a a formal postdoctoral job listing for a position in TNTurnerLab WashU Medicine Genetics, See also turnerlab.wustl.edu/employment/ and wustl.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External/job/W…. #genomics #genetics #neuroscience #molecularBiology #computationalBiology #oncology #postdoc

Congrats to Yang Li, PhD, on receiving the Career Development Award from the Rally Foundation for pediatric cancer research. This will support his work studying the changes in gene activity in aggressive pediatric brain tumors. We commend your hard work and dedication!

Thank you to one of my academic fathers, Dr. Aravinda Chakravarti for the invitation to speak Center for Human Genetics and Genomics. Fun to catch up and converse about human genetics! Also, had a great dinner at one of Aravinda’s favorite restaurants, which I learned from Shukti, it is also visited by

Listen to this NPR story when Dr. Mike Meers was interviewed on Planet Money about university funding! npr.org/2025/05/28/125…

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Following the very public dispute over Taylor Swift's master recordings, music executive Scooter Braun is responding to the docuseries about their feud. today.com/popculture/mus…

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Calling all #Phenylketonuria (#PKU) researchers! The National PKU Alliance NPKUA annual research grant program is now open. Visit npkua.grantplatform.com to view the request for proposals and apply. The deadline is Monday, June 16. Email questions to [email protected]