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
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.
