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New tutorial and walkthrough videos now available

We are pleased to announce the release of our PharmGKB walkthroughs and tutorial videos on YouTube. Users can now view detailed video walkthroughs of each of the main annotation types on PharmGKB as well as a longer video combining resources from across the site. We have also produced a series

Ask a Curator for Healthcare Professionals on June 7th

We are holding an Ask a Curator zoom targeted towards healthcare professionals wanting to learn more about PharmGKB and pharmacogenomics. This is part of NHGRI’s Healthcare Professionals Genomics Education Week (#MedGeneEd22). Be sure to spread the word to colleagues who may find this useful. We are asking people to

What does *1 really mean? And why does that matter?

A Haiku about PGx for National Poetry Month. Diagnosed star one, Yet severe toxicity. What did the lab test? What does *1 really mean? And why does that matter? The star alleles of the drug metabolizing enzyme genes are an unusual way of defining variation and are perhaps one of

"Ask a Curator" live zoom event

PharmGKB curators will hold a series of live Q&A events over Zoom to help people find and use different aspects of the knowledgebase. We hope this will be a great way to answer questions about PharmGKB and PGx which are specific to users’ individual needs or projects. These

PharmGKB Tutorial Published

We are pleased to announce that an updated PharmGKB tutorial has now been published in Current Protocols. The paper describes how to navigate the PharmGKB website to retrieve information on how genes and genetic variations affect drug efficacy and toxicity. It also includes a protocol on how to use PharmGKB

NHGRI/NCI survey on genomics education

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), who are supportive of PharmGKB and CPIC, have teamed up with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to survey research and healthcare professionals about genomics education. The results of this survey will help to determine the resource and training priorities for future genomics education.