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Alliance for Genomic Discovery completes 250,000 whole genomes to accelerate drug discovery
The milestone creates one of the largest, most comprehensive clinical genomic datasets of its kind. To develop the dataset, Illumina next-generation sequencing solutions were used to analyze whole…
Jennifer (Piper) Below named director of Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
Effective April 1, Jennifer (Piper) Below, PhD, will lead VGI, the intellectual hub for genomics research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University.
VUMC pursues electronic integration with genomic reference labs
The new system allows for "much quicker reference for clinicians and opening opportunities for center-wide analysis and automated decision support,” said clinical informatics specialist and…
Distant relatedness in biobanks harnessed to identify undiagnosed genetic disease
VUMC researchers have developed a genetic method that clusters distantly related people to find rare variants that were present in a common ancestor.
$3.4 million research grant targets risk of heart attack, stroke
Principal Investigator Wei-Qi Wei, MD, PhD, associate professor of Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, is scientific director for the phenotyping core at VUMC’s Center…