Name: ASHG 2014 - American Society of Human Genetics 64th Annual Meeting
Start: 2014-10-18
End: 2014-10-22
Location: San Diego Convention Center

OVERVIEW

The American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting (ASHG) is dedicated to research and clinical developments in human genetics including:

Assessing the Pathogenicity of Genetic Variants - Translating In Vitro and In Silico Advances To the Clinic Moscone Center

Insights into Human Demography and Selection from Full Genome Sequencing

Gene Regulatory Change: The Engine of Human Evolution?

Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) - GWAS and Beyond: Guiding Light for the Complex Neurodegenerative Diseases

Surveying Customer Responses to Personal Genetic (including DTC) Services (Social Issues)

Metabolism, Metals and Neurodegeneration: Toward Enhanced Understanding of Disease Mechanisms and Rational Therapeutics (Clinical)

Common CNVs: Patterns of Variations and Human Diseases

Implementing of Next Generation Sequencing as a Clinical Test

Model Organism Genetics, Human Biology, and Human Disease

Advancing Gene Therapy to the Clinic: Molecular Medicines Come of Age (Clinical)

RNA Splicing in Human Development, Diseases and Natural Variation

Next Generation Sequencing in Isolated Populations: Opportunities for Accelerated Gene Discovery in Complex Traits

Genome Sequencing in Clinical Care: Dealing Practically with Ethical and Social Issues (Social Issues; Clinical)

Mendelian Randomization: Using Genetic Variants to Inform Causality in Observational Epidemiology

Genomic Approaches to Mendelian Disorders

Transforming Medical Student Education in Genetics and Genomicsâ€“ How do we improve health and individualize care through medical school genetic and genomic curricula?

Returning Results from Large-scale Sequencing: Where the Rubber Meets the Road (Clinical)

The Functional Consequences of MicroRNAs Dysregulation in Human Disease

Selection Signatures and the Genetics of Autoimmunity and Infectious diseases

Emerging Applications of Identity by Descent Segment Detection

Should Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis Augment and Replace Current Prenatal Screening and Diagnosis? (Social Issues/Clinical)

Stem Cells and Personalized Medicine

Centralizing the Deposition and Curation of Human Mutations