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HudsonAlpha Spring Symposium

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The HudsonAlpha Spring Symposium, open to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, university faculty and research staff, is scheduled for Tuesday, March 30.  This daylong educational and networking event will be held at the Jackson Center, located adjacent to the HudsonAlpha Institute.  More information and registration form here.

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Han's recent findings on the human immune system published in National Academy of Sciences journal

T cell illustrationDr. Jian Han and fellow scientists at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology were recently published with the paper—High throughput sequencing reveals a complex pattern of dynamic interrelationships among human T cell subsets—in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 

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Stickleback fish article published in Sciencexpress

The stickleback fish is an ideal organism for studying evolution in action, because there are many natural populations around the world and they display much variability in their features.  Researchers at HudsonAlpha have participated in an international collaboration to look for changes in DNA sequences which result in new or altered body features in the threespine stickleback fish.

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HudsonAlpha is host site for NIH collaboration

Centers of Excellence in Genomic Sciences and Minority Action Plan meetings held

Meetings of the NHGRI-supported Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science grantees and Research Training Advisory Committee with Minority Action Plan grantees were recently held at the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.  More than 100 principal investigators and researchers from around the country converged at HudsonAlpha in mid-October to share data and collaborate on issues and concerns that ultimately impact the integration of genomics with biomedical research.

The National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the 27 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health, supports a broad range of projects toward increasing understanding of the structure and function of the human genome and its role in health and disease. NHGRI is also committed to increasing the number of individuals from under-represented minority groups who choose career paths in genomic research and its ethical, legal and social implications.

UAB, HudsonAlpha scientists look to unlock rheumatoid arthritis clues

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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.

HudsonAlpha investigator weighs into data sharing debate

In May 2009, dozens of scientists gathered in Toronto to reaffirm and refine policies related to the early release of genomic data and to discuss extending policies to include other types of large biological data sets from proteomics, biobanking and metabolite research.  The primary result of the policies review was a set of best practices for funders, scientists and journal editors. Dr. Chris Gunter, HudsonAlpha faculty investigator and director of research affairs, moderated a session at the Toronto Data Release Workshop. “This is the third international meeting to convene for the purpose of providing guidance to key stakeholders,” noted Gunter. These highly participatory gatherings, she added, help toward promoting widespread consensus and acceptance.
 


Dr. Tom Hudson, member of the HudsonAlpha Scientific Advisory Board and president of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, also moderated a workshop session. Both Gunter and Hudson are chief architects of the documentation process and authors of an article appearing in the September 10 issue of Nature. An online forum is available for Nature readers to post comments.

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HudsonAlpha adds two faculty investigators

Drs. Barsh and Levy strengthen transformative research programs

Dr. Richard Myers, president and director of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, is pleased to announce the addition of Faculty Investigators Drs. Greg Barsh and Shawn Levy.  “With Dr. Barsh and Dr. Levy, the institute is gaining a remarkable combination of expertise in genetics and genomics research, particularly relating to human diseases,” said Myers.

International genomic analysis group renders positive results

Benefits double for institute

A recent gathering at HudsonAlpha of almost 80 scientists, many representing the world’s leading research organizations, produced more than good analysis, it also produced goodwill for the institute. “It was highly appropriate to bring this international group of genome scientists to a workshop at HudsonAlpha, so that everyone can see firsthand this exciting and vibrant scientific enterprise being created in Huntsville,” noted Dr. Eric Green, scientific director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. “Plus, the institute staff was remarkably gracious-- taking care of every last detail.”

Local ACS salutes cancer research

Myers' work highlighted

The local chapter of the American Cancer Society will once again honor cancer survivors, as well as those who have been lost to the disease during the ACS Summer Lights Celebration on August 22.

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The ADVANCE Study and cardiovascular disease

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.

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