GV Newsletter - February 2021
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We have a new button on our website! This allows donors to choose where their money goes:
Global Variome GVSharedLOVD HGVS Nomenclature |
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We also have a new QR code for a speedy donation!
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As part of a HVP working group, Proper reporting of sequence variants in journal articles, a paper was published in Human Mutation late last year under Garry Cutting's leadership. Well done to everyone who contributed. It seems that journals are starting to acknowledge that HGVS nomenclature should be used as standard in their articles.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33252176/
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Our colleague, Professor Dhavendra Kumar has released a new book: Tryst With The Double Helix - An Autobiography: Caring for Genes, Genomes and Human Disease
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tryst-Double-Helix-Autobiography-Genomes/dp/1800940866 |
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The 14th International Congress of Human Genetics was postponed by almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the LOC has decided to host a Symposium in 2021 as a taster of what will be expected at the Congress in 2022.
For more information, click here
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The 25th Human Genome MeetingThe Next Frontiers in Genomics
Tel Aviv, Israel | October 4-6, 2021
As many of you know, the original meeting was scheduled to take place in February 2021; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have decided to postpone the meeting to a date we hope all of you will be able to attend.
For more information, please click here
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We welcome you to the 14th International Congress of Human Genetics (ICHG2022) to be held in Cape, South Africa, proudly hosted by the African Society of Human Genetics (AfSHG) and the Southern African Society for Human Genetics (SASHG). Taking into account the COVID-19 pandemic, we are formally sharing the news that the ICHG will be postponed to 13 – 17 February 2022. Warm regards Raj Ramesar and Charles Rotimi (Co-Chairs LOC/ICHG 2021) |
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