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News
CHGR Wednesday research presentations
continue! The next session is on November
11 th in the Darwin Conference Room
5.290 in the Simches building.
Dr.
Ramesh and her research team discover
that that an organ transplant drug might one day be
used to treat meningioma. Click
here to read more.
Awards
Congratulations
to...
Dr.
Purcell recepient of
the Ted Reich Young Investigator award, International
Society for Psychiatric Genetics.
Dr.
Florez recepient of the
Doris Duke Charitable
Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award.
Dr.
Mootha recipient
of the Judson Daland Prize.
Recent Publications
Genome-wide association study identifies
eight loci associated with blood pressure. Click
here to read more.
Association of common variants in
NPPA and NPPB with circulating natriuretic peptides
and blood pressure. Click
here to read more.
Common variants at ten loci influence
QT interval duration in the QTGEN Study.
Click here to read more.
Population genetic study of the brain-derived
neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene.
Click
here to read more.
Common variants at 30 loci contribute to polygenic dyslipidemia.
Click
for PDF.
Polymorphisms associated with cholesterol
and risk of cardiovascular events. Click
for PDF.
Six new loci associated with blood
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein
cholesterol or triglycerides in humans. Click
for PDF.
A PCSK9 missense variant associated
with a reduced risk of early-onset myocardial infarction.
Click
for PDF.
Upcoming Seminars
Wednesday November
11, 2009 at noon
Simches Research Building, 5th Floor
Darwin Conference Room 5.290A
Stephen J. Haggarty, Ph.D.
(CHGR Instructor)
“Targeting Wnt/GSK-3 Signaling in CNS Disorders”
Marta Biagioli,
Ph.D.
(MacDonald Lab)
“Old proteins in unexpected places: single cell
profiling unveils new clues into the transcriptional
landscape of dopaminergic neurons”
Refreshments will be served!
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