UM John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics hosts DNA Day 2012 at Miami Science Museum
DNA Day event date: April 29th 11am-3pm
News : 2012
Human Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series
Liyong Wang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 4pm – Seminar Title:
“Life After Association?”
New study supports importance of structural variation
April 2, 2012 – Research led by Margaret A. Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., John R. Gilbert, Ph.D., and Dale Hedges, Ph.D., of the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine again supports the importance of structural variation in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This unique study using high-resolution arrays to detect changes in DNA structure as small as one thousand base pairs further strengthens the case that rare structural variants at multiple genes contribute to autism spectrum disorders…
Human Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series
Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 4:00pm Human Genetics and Genomics Seminar Series
MS Walks set for Sunday in Coral Gables, Aventura
The National MS Society’s partnership with the MS Center of Excellence and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, headed by Dr. Margaret Pericak-Vance, will offer 24-hour patient care, a clinical research center, a team of neurologists, international genetic research and MS genetic registry, educational programs and more on UM’s medical campus in Miami.“We are very excited about the direction of genetic research in MS,” said Pericak-Vance in a release. “Our current research has the potential to identify new therapeutic targets.”
National Eye Institute Director Gives Lecture
Paul A. Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, spoke Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in the Lois Pope 7th Floor Auditorium. The event was jointly sponsored by the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, both of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Margaret Pericak-Vance, Ph.D., featured in UHealth banner advertising South Florida's best Doctors
February 21, 2012 – Powered by the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s groundbreaking research…
Human Genetics & Genomics Seminar Series
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 – Speaker: Mohammad Ali Faghihi, M.D., Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Miller School Study Identifies Master Regulator for Schizophrenia
February 7, 2012 – A team of researchers led by Claes Wahlestedt, M.D., Ph.D., the Miller School’s associate dean for therapeutic innovation, has pinpointed a “master” regulatory molecule in the brain that is altered in people with schizophrenia. The finding could facilitate the development of better drugs for the debilitating psychiatric disorder that affects an estimated one percent of the world’s population.
UM researchers have identified a genetic variant linked to a rare form of paraplegia
January 13, 2012 – UM researchers have identified a genetic variant linked to a rare form of paraplegia in a paper titled, “Mutations in the ER-shaping protein reticulon 2 cause the axon-degenerative disorder hereditary spastic paraplegia type 2” published online January 10, 2012 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.