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A collection of 55 issues
PharmCAT poster to be presented at ASHG
At the American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting in October, PharmGKB will be presenting the new Pharmacogenomics Clinical Annotation Tool (PharmCAT) with our colleague, Dr. Marylyn Ritchie, who is pictured on the home page of the meeting website (http://www.ashg.org/2016meeting/). We look forward to seeing everyone
Common variant found in populations of African descent linked with increased risk of venous thromboembolism
Roxana Daneshjou, along with co-authors Teri Klein and Russ Altman of PharmGKB, have published a paper describing a previously uncharacterized SNP in the Protein S (PROS1) gene that increases risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). VTE is more common in African American populations than in populations of European descent, yet the
Congratulations to Dr. Rochelle Long in her new role at NIGMS
The PharmGKB team congratulates Dr. Rochelle Long, our program officer for the past 16 years, in her new role as Director of NIGMS Division of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biological Chemistry. Dr. Long’s vision, leadership, dedication, friendship and support have been instrumental in elevating and maturing the field of pharmacogenomics.
NIGMS Request for Information: Approaches for Supporting Team Science in the Biomedical Research Community
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) has issued a request for information (RFI: Approaches for Supporting Team Science in the Biomedical Research Community) in order to seek input on how best to support team-based scientific research. The NIGMS defines team science as research that requires multiple investigators to