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The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) is the world's largest professional membership organization for human genetics & genomics specialists.
Rockville, MD
ashg.org
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    ASHG
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    Jul 25, 2022
    Happy birthday, Rosalind Franklin! The chemist, whose significant research set the foundation for the discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure, was born on this day in 1920 🔬
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    ASHG
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    Nov 30, 2021
    Happy Birthday, Dr. Martha Chase! The geneticist, whose Hershey-Chase Experiments established that DNA – not protein - carries genetic material, was born on this day in 1927. 🔬: bit.ly/3E9MH7X
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    ASHG
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    Oct 17, 2017
    .@NancyGenetics highlights the contributions of women to #genetics and science thus far, and her hopes for the future #ASHG17
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    ASHG
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    Apr 25, 2021
    Happy #DNADay2021! Today commemorates the successful completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and the discovery of DNA’s double helix in 1953, and celebrates past and future accomplishments in human genetics research.
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    ASHG
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    Jul 14, 2017
    Congrats to @dgmacarthur, recipient of ASHG's first-ever Early Career Award! bit.ly/2t6Pezw #ExAC #gnomAD #genomics @broadinstitute
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    ASHG
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    Oct 15, 2019
    Here we go! More than 8,000 geneticists are here in Houston for #ASHG19. Welcome to the Presidential Address!
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    ASHG
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    Oct 20, 2018
    Replying to @jsdron
    We are so very sorry to hear of this, and encourage you to report violations of our code of conduct through our online system: secure.ethicspoint.com/domain/media/e… Reports will be taken seriously and addressed in a timely manner.
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    ASHG
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    Jul 11, 2018
    Congrats to @skathire on your valuable research about heart attack risk, and for winning the 2018 Curt Stern Award! Read more about the award and Dr. Kathiresan on our website: bit.ly/stern2018 #ASHG18
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    ASHG
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    Aug 17, 2020
    As #BlackInGeneticsWeek begins, ASHG invites and encourages you to participate in this important week long celebration highlighting the Black mentors and role models who paved the way for the field today!
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    BlackInGenetics
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    Aug 17, 2020
    BIG Expectations for #BlackInGeneticsWeek
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    ASHG
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    Oct 18, 2017
    "The era of sitting on your own dataset and mining and re-mining it is over," --@NIHDirector at #ashg17 #genomics #bigdata
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    ASHG
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    Oct 16, 2018
    "We must recognize the disruptive nature of our work...maintaining sensitivity to the nature of our work is important, but we must recognize what exciting work it is." --@nelsondl at #ASHG18 presidential address
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    ASHG
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    Oct 18, 2018
    We're proud to announce everyone at #ASHG18 is part of the record breaking total of 8,922 participants! How many people can you meet?!
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    ASHG
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    Oct 21, 2020
    The first non-American winner of the Curt Stern Award, @alkuraya has published over 420 manuscripts detailing his lab’s discovery of hundreds of novel gene diseases in humans. Hear him talk about his work in his award presentation. bit.ly/34dJ3KO
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    ASHG
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    Jul 25, 2023
    Happy birthday, Rosalind Franklin! Best known for her crucial work in determining DNA's structure, Dr. Franklin also conducted groundbreaking research on the structure of viruses. Learn more: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
    A black and white photograph of Rosalind Franklin, PhD, sitting at a table in Paris. She's gazing past the camera with an introspective look on her face. Photo credit: Vittorio Luzzati
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