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2020 SACNAS, Virtual
SACNAS, Virtual, 2020 Precisely Precision Medicine: A Primer on Translational Research Session Description: Precision medicine promises effective, tailored treatments for patients developed through diverse and representative population-level translational research. While the concept of precision medicine is not new, the convergence of modern-day genomics and electronic health records coupled with increased computational capacity has made the […]
SAVE THE DATE: August 31 and September 1st for 2020 North Coast Conference on Precision Medicine
This year’s North Coast Conference on Precision Medicine will be virtual and held over two afternoons. The topic for this sixth annual event is polygenic risk scores: what are they, how are they used, and why does diversity matter? Please check our website periodically for a list of confirmed speakers, registration, and more!
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD: 2020 Team Science Award from AACR
Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD, is on The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) team recognized by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for its annual AACR Team Science Awards. The awards were made during the AACR Virtual Annual Meeting. Barnholtz-Sloan is the Sally S. Morley Designated Professor in Brain Tumor Research, in the Department of Population and […]
2019 ABRCMS Scientific Session
Genomic Research Enabled by Electronic Health Records Dana C. Crawford, PhD Case Western Reserve University
Scott Williams, PhD, comments on predictive modeling
Scott Williams, PhD, recently commented to Cleveland.com on various COVID-19 prediction models, and why models can vary. Some of the variation involves the availability of timely data and confidence in the data, given how quickly things are changing. Read the full story here.
Mark Cameron, PhD, interviewed about COVID-19
Mark Cameron, PhD, was recently interviewed by Cleveland’s ABC affiliate, News 5, about COVID19, based on his experience with research colleagues in Toronto’s 2003 SARS outbreak. Watch the story here.
2019 SACNAS Graduate Student Oral Presentation Awards
The Case Western Reserve University Cleveland Institute for Computational Biology sponsored awards for graduate student oral presentations at the 2019 SACNAS The National Diversity is STEM Conference in Honolulu, Hawai’i. This year, three students qualified for our discipline: Melissa Roberts University of California, Berkeley A Genetic Strategy to Identify Lipid Droplet Protein Degradation Pathways Stephanie L. Silva-Del […]
2019 SACNAS Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award (Carleson)
Nicholas Carleson Oregon State University Corvallis, OR Gene Duplication, Pathogenicity, and Genome Plasticity of Phytophthora ramorum Nicholas Carleson*1; Brian Knaus1; Meredith Larsen2; Caroline Press2 and Niklaus Grünwald2, (1)Oregon State University, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, (2)Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service Clonally reproducing plant pathogens, that do […]
2019 SACNAS Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award (Silva-Del Toro)
Stephanie L. Silva-Del Toro University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Mechanisms of H. Pylori-Induced Neutrophil Nuclear Hypersegmentation Stephanie L. Silva-Del Toro*, University of Iowa and Lee-Ann Allen, University of Iowa Inflammation Program Helicobacter pylori is a human pathogen that resides in the gastric mucosa, eliciting a neutrophil (PMN) dominant inflammatory response that can progress […]
2019 SACNAS Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award (Roberts)
Melissa Roberts University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA A Genetic Strategy to Identify Lipid Droplet Protein Degradation Pathways Melissa Roberts*1; Dara Leto2; Julian Stevenson1; Kartoosh Heydari1; Lawrence Bacudio1; Ron Kopito2; Michael Bassik2 and James Olzmann1, (1)University of California, Berkeley, (2)Stanford University Nearly all cells store lipids in endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-derived organelles called lipid droplets […]