Let’s kick off this month’s recognition with Audrey Papp and Wolfgang Sadee at Ohio State University for their work on “Flavopiridol Pharmacogenetics: Clinical and Functional Evidence for the Role of SLCO1B1/OATP1B1 in Flavopiridol Disposition” just published in PLoS ONE. (All abstracts below.) Also in pharmacogenetics (albeit in mice) this month is Tristan Sissung at the NIH National Cancer Research. His… Read more »
The week of October 10-16th was a busy time in our industry. Hundreds of biostatisticians, genetic epidemiologists, and statistical geneticists gathered in Cambridge, MA for the annual conference of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) on October 10-12, followed by the biennial Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) on October 13-16. I had the opportunity to participate in both conferences, and I… Read more »
The Golden Helix sales team recently came to me for recommendations regarding best practices for incorporating public controls in SNP GWAS. It seems that there has been a surge of questions regarding this practice over the past few weeks from our customers. Initially, I laughed at the irony of being asked to outline the best practices for what I see… Read more »
