PGC Announces Student Pilot Grant Awardees
The Duke University School of Medicine Office of Biomedical and Graduate Education (OBGE) and Precision Genomics Collaboratory awarded 9 pilot grants of $2,000 each to SOM Biomedical PhD students. The goal of these grants is to support our students in scientific and educational efforts to bolster their graduate training experiences. These awards will help further research in a broad array of topics including glioblastomas, multiple sclerosis and pancreatic cancer. They will also help fund sequencing work and professional conferences.
Genomics ‘Unconference’ Creates New Way to Foster Innovation
Duke at ASHG
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) annual meeting is the largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition in the world. It provides a forum for presenting and discussing cutting-edge science in all areas of human genetics.
The meeting was held November 5-9 in Denver, Colorado. Several Duke faculty and trainees participated:
Striped gene expression pattern provides clues for neurodegenerative movement disorders
Duke-Led Model Identifies Pathogenic Variants in Cardiac Patients, Offers Diagnostic Hope
Genetic variants increase risk for chronic kidney disease in West Africans
Shah Awarded Gill Heart and Vascular Institute Outstanding Contribuitions to Cardiovascular Research Award
Svati Shah, MD, Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases, received the Gill Heart and Vascular Institute Outstanding Contributions to Cardiovascular Research Award from the University of Kentucky.