Gymrek Lab happenings at ASHG 2018
We have a lot of exciting things to present at this year’s American Society of Human Genetics Meeting! (not to mention some brand new lab t-shirts we will be sporting). Look for us at any of the following:
Talks
- “Genome-wide detection and characterization of de novo repeat mutations in healthy trio families.” Ileena Mitra and Melissa Gymrek. Thursday 10/18 9:30-9:45, Room 6A (#151)
- “GangSTR: Genome-wide genotyping of short tandem repeat expansions.” Nima Mousavi, Sharona Shleizer-Burko, and Melissa Gymrek. Thursday 10/18 11:45-12:00, Ballroom 20A (#188) GangSTR preprint
Posters
- “A reference haplotype panel for genome-wide imputation of short tandem repeat variants.” Shubham Saini, Ileena Mitra, Nima Mousavi, Stephanie F. Fotsing, Melissa Gymrek. Thursday 10/18 3-4pm (#1546) SNP-STR panel preprint
- “To bind or not to bind: A deep learning approach for explaining TF-DNA recognition.” An Zheng, Michael Lamkin, Hao Su, and Melissa Gymrek. Friday 10/19 2-3pm (#1697)
- “Deep characterization of the contribution of short tandem repeats (STRs) to gene expression across tissues.” Stephanie F. Fotsing, Alon Goren, Melissa Gymrek. Friday 10/19 2-3pm (#417)
Also check out these posters:
- “Genotyping of variable number tandem repeats with adVNTR.” Mehrdad Bakhtiari, Sharona Shleizer-Burko, Melissa Gymrek, Vikas Bansal, Vineet Bafna. Wednesday 10/17 3-4pm (#1374) (Bafna Lab)
- “The genetic landscape of sperm mosaicism: Implications for the recurrence risk of neutral and autism-causing mutations.” Martin W. Breuss et al. Thursday 10/18 3-4pm (#464) (Gleeson and Sebat Labs)
Also a huge congrats to Ileena Mitra who was a semifinalist for the 2018 Charles J. Epstein Trainee Awards for Excellence in Human Genetics Research!