We have been busy for some time helping Dr. Peter Park’s group in Harvard School of Public Health to validate and fine-tune calling somatic transposable elements (TEs) in human genome and, more importantly, in genomes of cancer […]
Paper in Science – Landscape of Somatic Retrotransposition in Human Cancers Read More »
We have a new review paper in Trends in Genetics regarding the role of Copy Number Variants (CNVs) in human adaptation. I think, it lays out some of the emerging promises (and hardships) of the field and
I was pleasantly surprised when I received the news that Matt [Dulik]’s paper on the genetic variation of Altai populations, of which I am a co-author, got published in American Journal of Human Genetics. The
Recent Common Ancestry between Native Americans and Indigenous Altaians Read More »
Finally the Anthropology Subject Module for Oxford Bibliographies Online (OBO) is up and running. I am fairly excited about this enterprise and I am eager to see the impact of this bibliography on research and
Oxford Bibliographies Online: Anthropology Read More »
I had a chance to visit Turkey, primarily to attend a workshop as a member of the “Turkish Genome Research” project. It was a lot of media hype mostly regarding the very basic concepts of
Turkey Visit and Turkish Genome Research Read More »
I have had the opportunity to work on the evolutionary aspects of the extensive copy number variation observed among several zebrafish strains. I am pleased to inform you that our study was accepted to be
Paper in PNAS – Structural Variation in Zebrafish Genome Read More »
Açık Bilim isimli son derece şık ve kaliteli bir şekilde yayına başlayan bir çevrim içi bilim dergisi ile söyleşim oldu. Bilginize. Bu söyleşiye önayak olan Çağrı Yalgın’a teşekkürler bu arada.
Açık Bilim’de söyleşi Read More »
In collaboration with the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, the AAAG Education Committee is holding the Application of Genomics to Anthropological Research (AGAR) workshop in San Antontio, TX from January 9-10, 2012. Registration is limited, and
Application of Genomics to Anthropological Research (AGAR) workshop Read More »
Our team’s effort to rule out a genetic disorder helped get Siri the Chimp get back to health. Pretty cool that this little guy really beat the odds and survived. BWH press release, Oklahoman.
Team Evolution’s work helped Siri the Chimp Read More »
I was involved in a project that investigated the variation among individuals at genomic and transcriptional level. The publication of this work in Nature Genetics, along with the anticipated publication of Vivian Cheung et al.’s Science paper regarding
I recently became the chair of the recently formed Education Committee of the AAAG. I will be working along with Paul Babb, Krishna Veeramah and Andrew Kitchen to organize several educational and training events. Hopefully,
American Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG) Education Committee Read More »
