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 […]

Mind the Gap: Complications in returning data to study participants

People who participate in genetic research increasingly tell researchers that they want all of their genetic data back. But many of these participants do not have the data management infrastructure or analytical tools to interpret this information. And while third party companies eagerly offer to interpret results, they are unregulated and may offer incomplete or […]

Presentation: Returning genetic data: Farren Briggs, PhD, ScM

Farren Briggs, PhD ScM, recently presented on the challenges of returning genetic data to individual research participants. In his presentation, Dr. Briggs cautioned his colleagues about even making the most general of assumptions regarding their research participants, including their access to the internet and computing infrastructure, and their digital literacy. This is compounded by the […]

2018 ABRCMS, Indianapolis, IN

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
November 14-17, 2018 in Indianapolis, IN
Final Program

Chun Li, PhD, secures NIH grant on novel statistical methods

Chun Li, PhD, secures NIH grant to expand work on novel statistical methods In collaboration with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, CWRU researcher is developing techniques applied to the study of complex, chronic health conditions Cleveland, Ohio – A woman diagnosed with HIV works with her care team who consider many variables in tailoring a treatment […]

2018 SACNAS, San Antonio, TX

SACNAS, San Antonio, TX, 2018 The Importance of Diversity in Precision Medicine Research Narrative:  National efforts are underway to ascertain one million participants for precision medicine research and an intense interest in ensuring this cohort is diverse across multiple dimensions.  We provide here an overview of the importance of diversity in precision medicine research highlighting […]

2018 SACNAS Graduate Student Oral Presentation Award

Melissa Spear University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA   The Role of Recent Demography in Shaping Patterns of Genetic Variation in US Hispanic/Latino Populations Melissa Spear, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, Dara Torgerson, , Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco and […]

2017 ABRCMS, Phoenix, AZ

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
November 1-4, 2017 in Phoenix, AZ
Final Program

2016 ABRCMS, Tampa, FL

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
November 9-12, 2016 in Tampa, FL
Final Program

2015 ABRCMS, Seattle, WA

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
November 11-14, 2015 in Seattle, WA
Final Program