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 […]
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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.
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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,
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A study that was looking into genomes of different primate species to understand the evolutionary mechanisms underlying “plastic” regions of the primate genomes was published in Genome Biology. It is one of the “Editor’s Picks”
Finally, our paper in which we discuss the interplay between the genetic and cultural dynamics in Central Anatolia was published online in American Anthropologist. You can find a link to the article here… Biological Ancestries,
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I was a co-author in an article, which made an initial attempt to look into the genetic structure in ancient Anatolia. If you are interested: Understanding Early Bronze Age social structure through mortuary remains: A
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Uzun bir aradan sonra, “Genetik ve Kamusal Alan (Genetic and Public Sphere)” isimli makalemiz Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih–Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi‘nin son yayinlanan sayisinda. Bilginize… Genetik bilgi, insan gruplarının tarihini, çeşitliliğini ve kökenini anlamaya büyük
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I was invited to give a talk at American Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG). The organizers of the symposium were Graciela Cabana and Lorena Havill. I think, they did a great job of putting together
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A new paper that documents the copy number variation among three Asian groups using a rather comprehensive methodology has been published in Nature Genetics. Link (doi:10.1038/ng.555)
A new paper that I contributed has been recently published in Nature. This paper is a thorough examination of association of thousands of common CNVs to disease. You can reach the full text of the
