ASHG (American Society of Human Genetics) 2024 Annual Meeting

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health is participating in the annual American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) meeting from November 5-9, 2024 in Denver, Colorado.

NHLBI Exhibit Booth: #1126
Featured booth activities, including demonstrations, office hours, and ask about BioData Catalyst sessions can be found here.

Highlights of NHLBI-supported Science at ASHG 2024

Tuesday, November 5
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. MT
Session 05: Elevating Education: Engaging with Real Data and Tools in the Cloud (features BDC)
Room 712

Wednesday, November 6
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. MT
Session 09: Deciphering rare non-coding LDL-C associations in over 246K individuals with whole genome sequencing
Room 401

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. MT
Session 22: AI-STAAR: An ancestry-informed association analysis framework for large-scale multi-ancestry whole genome sequencing studies
Four Seasons Ballroom 1

Thursday, November 7
8:00 – 9:10 a.m. MT
Session 41: NHLBI’s TOPMed Program 10-Year Anniversary
Mile High Ballroom 2&3

• Patterns of ultra-rare genetic variation from high coverage whole genome sequencing of over 150,000 diverse individuals
• Cross-cohort e/sQTL analyses of 6,602 multi-ethnic TOPMed whole blood RNA-seq samplesnominate genes and mechanisms underlying trans-eQTLs
• Genetic Architecture of Circulating Metabolites and Its Impact on Health from Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program
• The Integration of Genomic and Proteomic Profiling Data in TOPMed to Identify Protein-Protein Pathway Partners in Human Plasma

11:30 – 11:45 a.m. MT
Session 45: Omic Risk Scores are Associated with Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease-Related Traits Across Three Cohorts
Four Seasons Ballroom 1

Also look for many posters that use data from NHLBI’s TOPMed program.