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Human Pangenome Reference Consortium @humanpangenome.bsky.social · 15d

HPRC will see you at #ASHG!

Join our workshop, The Human Pangenome: Data, Tools, and Workflows, on Oct 14 (10–12 pm) + look out for HPRC member presentations throughout the meeting.

Check out the presentations highlighted below, with more to come!

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · 9d

Excited to share that our director @eimearekenny.bsky.social is a featured speaker at the #ASHG2025 Annual Meeting this October! 🧬

Join thousands of researchers exploring the future of genetics + genomics: meetings.ashg.org/event/ASHG25...

#HumanGenetics #Genomics
@sinaigenetics.bsky.social

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Samira Asgari @samiraasgari.bsky.social · 24d

Preprint alert📜: How do lifetime viral exposures shape our immune system response to future infections? 🦠🧬

We explore this question in our new preprint, led by postdoc
Chad Hogan.

biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

#SystemsImmunology #Immunology #Virology #Infection #HostResponse

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thrilled that our director, Eimear Kenny, is giving the keynote at #GeneForum2025 🎉

🧬 “Population genetics in an era of genomic health”
📅 Sept 9–10 | Tartu, Estonia

More info 👉 www.geneforum.ee

#Genomics #PopulationGenetics
@eimearekenny.bsky.social
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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Aug 27

Congrats to @ashleyrichardson.bsky.social from the lab of @samiraasgari.bsky.social for being selected to give a lightning talk and poster presentation at #ASHG2025 on her work exploring the role of somatic mutations in Biobank-scale data as a cause of inborn errors of immunity!

#GenomicHealth

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Aug 20

Abhi will also be presenting work with faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social on the largest multi-ancestry GWAS study using 99 infectious disease phenotypes.

🧬Platform presentation at #ASHG2025

🧬Talk at the Cell Press Symposia

#GenomicHealth @sinaigenetics.bsky.social

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Aug 20

#ASHG25 news!

IGH grad student Abhijith Biji (faculty mentor @samiraasgari.bsky.social) has been selected as a predoctoral finalist for the 2025 ASHG Trainee Research Excellence Award!! 🎉

#GenomicHealth
@geneticssociety.bsky.social

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Aug 12

🌟 New Funding Announcement 🧬

Congrats to IGH faculty member @samiraasgari.bsky.social!

Samira Asgari @samiraasgari.bsky.social · Aug 12

Lab news 🎉 We’ve received a 5-year, $2.3M award from NIH/NIGMS to leverage large-scale biobanks and build a data-driven approach to understanding sepsis biology and risk.

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Christa Caggiano @christacaggiano.bsky.social · Aug 11

This is the last week to take our survey! If you're an early career researcher in human genetics and have some time, please consider taking our survey on how you use population descriptors 😇

It's a study run by trainees with the goal of improving trainee research quality!

Christa Caggiano @christacaggiano.bsky.social · Jun 5

Are you an early-career researcher working on the computational analysis of population-level human genetics data? We want to hear from you about if, how, and why you use population descriptors in your research! Fill out our short survey: forms.gle/SCiNUq71wgi5...

flyer advertising the survey for human genetics trainees

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Samira Asgari @samiraasgari.bsky.social · Jun 23

Back in Boston for #FOGBoston and excited to share our latest work! Using #Genomics, clinical data, and #RealWorldEvidence from three large #Biobanks, we identified hundreds of novel genetic risk loci for #InfectiousDiseases. If you're around or want to chat, let’s connect!

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Eimear Kenny @eimearekenny.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 Just posted: Our preprint introducing SPC — Spectral Components — is now live on medRxiv!

Led by Dr. Ruhollah Shemirani and years in the making, this method offers a robust, scalable way to adjust for recent population structure in genomic analyses.
🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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SPC: a SPectral Component approach to address recent population structure in genomic analysis

Population structure is a well-known confounder in statistical genetics, particularly in genome-wide association studies (GWAS), where it can lead to inflated test statistics and spurious associations...

www.medrxiv.org

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Samira Asgari @samiraasgari.bsky.social · Jun 2

Excited to be in beautiful Madison, visiting colleagues @uwmadison.bsky.social! I’ll be sharing our recent work using three large-scale biobanks to advance understanding of the human genomics of infectious diseases. Looking forward to a full day of science and fun!

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thank you @khmiga.bsky.social for a wonderful and engaging seminar talk (as always), and thank you @atjcagan.bsky.social for illustrating ✨

Alex Cagan @atjcagan.bsky.social · Feb 23

Talk by
@khmiga.bsky.social for the @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social Institute for Genomic Health Seminar Series on the potential of complete genomes and pangenomes for improving human health

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PRIMED Consortium @prsmethods.bsky.social · Dec 10

👀🎉 Check out our new PRIMED (Polygenic Risk Methods in Diverse Populations) Consortium starter pack!
go.bsky.app/RFJRsTt

PRIMED Consortium members

Join the conversation

go.bsky.app

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Dec 10

✨ Webinar Announcement 🧬

Listen in on Dec 12 for "Multi-Omics Methodologies and Applications in Population-Based Precision" with @eimearekenny.bsky.social

#GenomicHealth #GenomicMedicine #Genomics #PopulationHealth #PrecisionMedicine

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Mount Sinai Institute for Genomic Health @sinaigenhealth.bsky.social · Nov 19

After breaking up with our X, we are back and excited to learn this new platform 📸 🧬
#newhere #bluesky #genetics #genomics #genomichealth #genomicmedicine #mountsinai

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Eimear Kenny @eimearekenny.bsky.social · Nov 18

Check out the latest review on PRS assessment from the #PRIMEDConsortium

👇👇👇👇

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The PRIMED Consortium: Reducing disparities in polygenic risk assessment

By improving disease risk prediction, polygenic risk scores (PRSs) could have a significant impact on health promotion and disease prevention. Due to …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Eimear Kenny @eimearekenny.bsky.social · Nov 19

Thrilled to share our perspective on recruitment and retention strategies to engage a diverse pediatric populations in genomics research in #AJHG today.

This work highlights the importance of inclusive practices in genomic studies. 🧵

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Employing effective recruitment and retention strategies to engage a diverse pediatric population in genomics research

Underrepresentation in clinical genomics research limits the generalizability of findings and the benefits of scientific discoveries. We describe the …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Eimear Kenny @eimearekenny.bsky.social · Nov 19

🚨 New paper alert! 🚨 A new study led by Sinead Cullina (@sineadyc.bsky.social) @ #SinaiGenHealth dives deep into genetic association studies in diverse populations using admixture mapping (AM) & genome-wide association (GWAS).

www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Here's what you need to know 🧵:

Systematic comparison of phenome-wide admixture mapping and genome-wide association in a diverse biobank

Biobank-scale association studies that include Hispanic/Latino(a) (HL) and African American (AA) populations remain underrepresented, limiting the discovery of disease associated genetic factors in th...

www.medrxiv.org

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