UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine awards first pilot grants
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Oct 09
The UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine has bestowed its first research grants as part of the collaboration between the University of Alabama at Birmingham and HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology. The three pilot grants, each of $100,000 for up to two years, have been given to collaborative teams of one researcher from UAB and one from HudsonAlpha to pursue research projects in cancer and cardiac disease.
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State of the Department Address 2015
By: Kerry Gorelick
Published Date: Sep 25
Dr. Korf presented the State of the Department address on September 18, 2015 . Listen to the recording below.
The last hope: UAB’s Undiagnosed Diseases Program
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Aug 06
For a medical mystery that defies explanation or diagnosis, the University of Alabama at Birmingham is the court of last resort. Launched in October 2013, the program aims to unravel the most perplexing medical cases in which a diagnosis has not previously been made.
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Daniel Bullard to Give Keynote address at Office of Undergraduate Research Summer EXPO
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Jul 31
The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Office of Undergraduate Research will host nearly 200 student presentations during its Summer Expo on Friday, July 24.
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Changes in gene explain more of inherited risk for rare disease
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Jul 31
Changes to a gene called LZTR1 predispose people to develop a rare disorder where multiple tumors called schwannomas form near nerve pathways, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Genetics and led by researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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UAB neurofibromatosis research bolstered by $7 million grant
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Jul 31
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- The University of Alabama at Birmingham has won a $7 million grant to continue its leadership in clinical trials to treat neurofibromatosis and several related, but rare, genetic diseases.
UAB plays key roles as the operations center for the clinical research consortium and as data management site for the trials. It also recruits patients for the trials, along with consortium members at 11 other medical centers in the United States and one in Australia.
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UAB plays key roles as the operations center for the clinical research consortium and as data management site for the trials. It also recruits patients for the trials, along with consortium members at 11 other medical centers in the United States and one in Australia.
For a link to the original article, click here.
UAB School of Medicine, HudsonAlpha create joint Center for Genomic Medicine
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Jul 31
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicineand the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology have created the UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine to accelerate discoveries in genomics and propel those discoveries into clinical practice.
The UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine will span human genome research — studying the complexities of human DNA to understand, at a molecular level, the genetic underpinnings for the onset and progression of diseases — with clinical care, incorporating research knowledge into predicting and diagnosing diseases and developing personalized therapies and cures. Read more
The UAB-HudsonAlpha Center for Genomic Medicine will span human genome research — studying the complexities of human DNA to understand, at a molecular level, the genetic underpinnings for the onset and progression of diseases — with clinical care, incorporating research knowledge into predicting and diagnosing diseases and developing personalized therapies and cures. Read more
UAB and Birmingham Jewish Federation and Foundation offer genetic screening
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Jul 31
One in four Jewish individuals of Central and Eastern European descent is a carrier for at least one of 19 preventable genetic disorders, many of which strike in childhood, have no cure and can lead to an early death.
On Jan. 13, 2013, the Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Road in Birmingham, will hold a community-wide screening from 11:00.a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for potential carriers of these genetic disorders.
The Birmingham Jewish Federation and Foundation host this screening in partnership with the National Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and UAB’s Department of Genetics. Lane Rutledge, M.D., professor in Genetics, and Katie Nelson, a genetics counselor, will provide genetic counseling.
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On Jan. 13, 2013, the Levite Jewish Community Center, 3960 Montclair Road in Birmingham, will hold a community-wide screening from 11:00.a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for potential carriers of these genetic disorders.
The Birmingham Jewish Federation and Foundation host this screening in partnership with the National Victor Center for the Prevention of Jewish Genetic Diseases at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and UAB’s Department of Genetics. Lane Rutledge, M.D., professor in Genetics, and Katie Nelson, a genetics counselor, will provide genetic counseling.
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Bruce Korf named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Jul 31
Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Election as a fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers.
Read moreDr. Singh invited to NIH strategic workshop
By: Sara Davies
Published Date: Jul 31
Keshav K. Singh, Ph.D., a UAB expert on the roles of mitochondria in cancer, mitochondrial disease and aging, is one of 12 extramural researchers invited to a National Cancer Institute Mitochondrial Information Transfer Strategic Workshop this week.
Singh, who came to UAB in 2011, is director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Cancer Genetics Program and a Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair and professor in the Department of Genetics.
The closed-door, invitation-only workshop will examine the nature of mitochondrial information transfer both within and between cells, specifically how back-and-forth communication between the mitochondria and the nucleus fundamentally affects cellular function and how defects in this communication cause a number of human diseases, including cancer.
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Singh, who came to UAB in 2011, is director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Cancer Genetics Program and a Joy and Bill Harbert Endowed Chair and professor in the Department of Genetics.
The closed-door, invitation-only workshop will examine the nature of mitochondrial information transfer both within and between cells, specifically how back-and-forth communication between the mitochondria and the nucleus fundamentally affects cellular function and how defects in this communication cause a number of human diseases, including cancer.
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