Absher Lab
Devin Absher, Ph.D. (read bio)
Faculty Investigator
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Research interests
- Complex disease genetics
- Genomic analysis of cancer
- Worldwide population genetics
- Epigenetics and its role in human diseases and aging
Information for the science community can be found by going to the personal webpage Absher Lab.
HudsonAlpha researcher featured in OncLive article
News Outlet:
OncLive
Date published:
June 10, 2012
As the cost of sequencing and analyzing genetic data continues to fall, the nation’s leading cancer centers keep unveiling ambitious new clinical programs and research projects that will change the way every cancer specialist practices.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, along with Brigham and Women’s Hospital, has launched one of the biggest research programs to date, in which the Boston, Massachusetts, centers seek to make the tumors of every patient with cancer a subject of genetic research.
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Tie the Ribbons luncheon brings awareness to breast and ovarian cancers
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The Huntsville Times
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October 21, 2011 Dr. Debra Moriarity knew about breast cancer before it knew about her.
As a member of the biology faculty at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Moriarity studied breast cancer and had long decided that, with the knowledge she had gained, she wouldn't hesitate to undergo a double mastectomy should the cancer ever find her.
And when it did in 2005, Moriarity said "it was odd" being a victim of the disease she had studied.
The Cancer Genome Atlas completes detailed ovarian cancer analysis
HudsonAlpha Institute contributes to largest cancer genome study from NIH consortium
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala - Integrating 500 patient samples and multiple genomic technologies, The Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network has, according to a release by the National Institutes of Health, assembled the most comprehensive view of cancer genes for any cancer type to date. The analyses of data are reported in the June 30 issue of Nature.
UAB, HudsonAlpha scientists look to unlock rheumatoid arthritis clues
News Outlet:
The Birmingham News
Date published:
November 12, 2009 The University of Alabama at Birmingham will lead a five-year, $4.4 million effort to search for genetic links to rheumatoid arthritis in African-Americans.
Gene linked with human kidney aging
News Outlet:
PLoS Genetics
Date published:
October 15, 2009
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A gene has been associated with human kidney aging, according to researchers from Stanford University, the National Institute on Aging, the MedStar Research Institute, and the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. In work published on October 16 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, the investigators, including HudsonAlpha Faculty Investigators Rick Myers and Devin Absher, claim that their approach can be applied to any phenotype of interest to help find other genetic associations.
HudsonAlpha Faculty Investigator Dr. Devin Absher is studying cardiovascular disease through a National Heart Lung Blood Institute (NHLBI) granted research program. The Atherosclerotic Disease, VAscular functioN, and genetiC Epidemiology (ADVANCE) study originated as a collaboration between Stanford University and Kaiser Permanente of Northern California.
Scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology will soon be studying identical twins to better understand the aging process. Dr. Devin Absher, HudsonAlpha investigator, said the project team will work with collaborators in Washington and Sweden to look at DNA mutations that occur in the cells of adult twins. Funding for the four-year study comes from the Ellison Medical Foundation.
