New preprint on mosaic copy number variants in autism
We are excited to share a new preprint, “Large mosaic copy number variations confer autism risk” (Sherman et al.), reporting mosaic CNVs we identified in
Talks and posters from our group at ASHG 2019
At ASHG this year, Max Sherman will be speaking about his work on mosaic CNVs in autism (Thu 10/17 at 9:45am, #105) and Po-Ru Loh
Clonal mosaicism work featured on NIH Director’s Blog
Our work using computational techniques to explore mosaic copy-number mutations found in small fractions of cells was featured on the NIH Director’s Blog: “Finding New Genetic
Two new preprints on clonal hematopoiesis
We have released two preprints exploring mosaic chromosomal alterations in UK Biobank (N~500K; Loh et al. bioRxiv) and BioBank Japan (N~200K; Terao et al. bioRxiv). Highlights of these studies
Po-Ru Loh receives Sloan Research Fellowship
Po-Ru Loh has been awarded a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship in Computational and Evolutionary Molecular Biology.
Upcoming talk on mosaic chromosomal alterations
Po-Ru Loh will be speaking about phase-based detection of mosaic chromosomal alterations at the Gordon Research Conference on Quantitative Genetics and Genomics on Tue 2/12.