Do you want to know more about how #killifish research can advance our understanding of retinal diseases? Have a look at Sofia Manzo's exciting work! Sofia is PhD fellow of the MSCA-DN @progret2024.bsky.social @cabd-upo-csic.bsky.social @jrmarmor.bsky.social #killifish #retinaldisease #aging 🧬👌🧬

Meet Elfride De Baere, Head of Clinic at Ghent University Hospital’s Center for Medical Genetics. She shares why PacBio long-read sequencing + a multiomic approach (genomics + transcriptomics) can help deliver clearer insights for families. #WeCareForRare #RareDiseaseMonth #GeneticEyeDisease

🚀 Thrilled to join #ISV2026 in Leuven! Genomic scientists - this is your meeting: exciting science, talks, posters, networking & an epic party in a unique venue. 🗓 Deadlines: Abstracts: Feb 9 Early Bird: Mar 9 🔗 Details & registration: lnkd.in/gsE6ibfE #ISV2026 #Genomics

👀 Missed the live webinar? Watch it now on Youtube! Episode 7 of the #ESHG webinar series with @elfridedebaere.bsky.social on "Multi-omics in inherited eye diseases: from missing heritability to new therapeutic targets". 📺 Watch here: urls.fr/8CuBfl

Retina Ex Vivo 2026 is just around the corner! 🧬 This FEBS course dives into organotypic retina cultures: 🔬 Day 1: Dissection, culture methods & ocular drug delivery (Keynote: Arto Urtti) 🧠 Day 2: Disease modeling (IRD, AMD, DR, glaucoma) 🧪 Day 3: Gene therapy, RNA tools & Keynote by K Palczewski

Our fellows and partners: Stefanida Shliaga (DC6), Nelson Martins (DC5) @nelsonm1224.blky.social, Susanne Roosing @susanneroosing.bsky.social, Carlo Rivolta @carlorivolta.bsky.social, Elfriede De Barre @elfridedebaere.bsky.social, Miriam Bauwens, Alison Hardcastle @hardcastlelab.bsky.social

🧬 Major breakthrough: IOB researchers identify new genetic cause of inherited blindness in overlooked RNA genes. The discovery solves decades-old diagnostic mystery and opens new pathways for many patients worldwide. ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... #AcademicBlueSky #Genetics #VisionResearch #IRDs

📢 Don’t miss Covering The Gaps – The Course You Didn’t Know You Needed! Explore overlooked but crucial topics in genetics: ethics, quality, data sharing & more. 🗓️ Online | Nov 27–28, 2025 💶 €100 | 🎓 15 CME credits ⚠️ Limited spots available! 👉 Register now: www.eshg.org/covering-the...

Want to rewatch sessions from #ESHG2025 Milan? You can access all conference content until Nov 30, 23:59 CET from any device. 👉 cattendee.abstractsonline.com/meeting/21105 📹 After Nov 30, plenary & educational sessions will be on the ESHG YouTube channel @eshg.bsky.social

AI is transforming #humangenetics & genomics research. Head to the Distinguished Speakers Symposium to explore the breakthroughs & the ethical challenges of implementing AI systems in research. Don’t miss this powerful closing session of #ASHG25!📲 https://bit.ly/474ALFu #ASHG

That’s a wrap on #ASHG25! In just 5 days, we: 🧬Showcased groundbreaking science 🤝Sparked powerful connections 🏆Celebrated excellence 📸Captured unforgettable moments Thank you for the energy, ideas, and inspiration. We look forward to seeing you in Montreal, CA for #ASHG26!

#ASHG25 may be over, but the learning continues: 🖥️ On-demand access to recorded sessions is coming soon! Learn at your pace, anytime, anywhere. Stay tuned for details! #ASHG #HumanGenetics

🚨Coming in December: Dive into our Genetic Diagnosis & Rare Disease Virtual Symposium! From detecting complex structural variants to accelerating time-to-diagnosis with integrative genomics—this event is packed with innovation. Reserve your place now: learning.ashg.org/products/202...

Exciting! 🚀🧬✨

Our #ASHG25 platform activities: Vrathasha Vrathasha: 3D genomics & glaucoma. 206AB, W 10.45-11 Winter Bruner: MPRA & childhood obesity. 205ABC, T 11-11.15 Matt Pahl: Ancillary Session, Predicted Effector Genes. 259A, F 1.45-1.15 Struan Grant chairs Metabolic Matrix session. 253ABC, S 10-11

🎉Welcome to #ASHG25! We’re excited for five days full of sessions, networking, and inspiration. 📱Pro tip: Download our mobile app for easy access to the schedule, maps, and updates: https://pheedloop.com/ASHG25/ Let’s make this an unforgettable experience—explore, connect, and share your journey!

As the 2025 American Society of Human Genetics Annual Conference arrives in Boston, don't forget to check out this year's ASHG TV Film Series! Find out more about the latest in genomics from leading scientists and organizations. youtube.com/playlist?lis... @geneticssociety.bsky.social

“We must keep going with this ability to sample genomes, not just in the convenient places we started out with.” - former Director of the National Institutes of Health, Francis Collins, MD, PhD, during his recognition speech at #ASHG25

A great collaborative study of a novel adult-onset maculopathy that shows similarities with dry AMD with Eline Van Vooren, Filip Van den Broeck, Michael T. Redmond, Julie De Zaeytijd, Bart P. Leroy, Miriam Bauwens @elfridedebaere.bsky.social & many colleagues #RPE65 #dominant #maculopathy #AMD

udy Savige et al. from the University of Melbourne Department of Medicine determine the population frequency of monoallelic and biallelic predicted pathogenic RPE65 variants in a normal database. doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.11.73

ason Comander et al. from Massachusetts Eye & Ear describe higher throughput assays for understanding the pathogenicity of variants of unknown significance in the RPE65 gene. doi.org/10.1167/iovs.66.13.10

Inherited eye diseases cause early-onset vision loss, yet many cases remain unsolved due to missing heritability. On Oct 29, discover how multi-omics can boost diagnosis and reveal new therapeutic opportunities. www.eshg.org/webinarseries #MultiOmics #Ophthalmology @elfridedebaere.bsky.social

📣Online now! 📄RetiGene, a comprehensive gene atlas for inherited retinal diseases 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 @carlorivolta.bsky.social @mquinodoz.bsky.social & co

📣New from Liu et al! 📄Unveiling tissue heterogeneity through genomic interaction-encoded image representation of #RNASeq data

📣New from Wang et al! 📄Genetic architecture and analysis practices of circulating metabolites in the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program #TOPMed

📣New from Mekzine et al! 📄Allele-specific RNAi therapy corrects an extracellular matrix defect in Schuurs-Hoeijmakers syndrome

📣New from @vijayganesh.bsky.social & co! 📄Transcriptome-wide outlier approach identifies individuals with minor spliceopathies

Happy Postdoc Appreciation Week! In honor of this, we are asking PIs to tell us why their postdoc is awesome. Tag your postdocs to show them how much you appreciate them! #MyPostdocIsAwesomeBeacuse #ASHG #HumanGenetics #NPAW2025 #NationalPostdocAppreciationWeek

From trainees to faculty—#ASHG25 is a hub for career growth at every stage, offering opportunities to: ✅Meet & hire colleagues ✅Learn something new Register today: https://bit.ly/46dWz0Z Plan your career fueling schedule: https://bit.ly/4gr4ATV #ASHG #HumanGenetics

🌍 New in Nature: Long-read sequencing of 1019 genomes reveals structural variant (SV) diversity across 26 human populations, providing a global resource for understanding genetic variation and its link to human disease. #Genomics #Pangenome #SVs www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢Paper alert! WGS of >490K UKB participants across diverse ancestries, combined with rich phenotypic data, unlocks novel genotype–phenotype associations, accelerating precision medicine and global health research. 🌍🧬 #Genomics #UKB #PrecisionMedicine www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Published in EJHG Journal: 📊 DNAmethylation signatures support VUS reclassification and complement negative genetic tests. This approach boosts diagnostic yield in neurodevelopmental disorders, proving its clinical utility in routine diagnostics. ✅ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

📢 Episode 6 of the #ESHG Webinar Series: September 24 at 16:00 CEST 🧬 Speaker: Serena Nik-Zainal: "Recent advances in mutational signatures and clinical applications" 💻 Registration is free but required: buff.ly/P6WD5jB 📩 Past registrants will receive the Zoom link automatically.

Nominations are open for the Leena Peltonen Prize 2026 (€10,000). candidates: outstanding young researchers, Early career stage, no age or graduation limit Awardee will give the Leena Peltonen Lecture at #eshg2026 in Gothenburg. 📅 Deadline: 31 Oct 2025 🔗 forms.eshg.org/leena-pelton...

Published in @ejhg-journal.bsky.social: 1️⃣ European Certificate in Medical Genetics & Genomics (ECMGG): buff.ly/CUpaOWd 2️⃣ European Training Requirements for Medical Genetics (ETR-MG): buff.ly/DgCPtde

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Albert Schinzel (1944–2025), former ESHG President and pioneer in clinical cytogenetics. His legacy includes the Catalogue of Unbalanced Chromosome Aberrations in Man and the Goldrain Course. Read more:

Thank you so much! This meeting was held on the same day as the farewell symposium of Prof. Frans Cremers @radboudumc.bsky.social, the founder of the @erdc-team.bsky.social #inheritedretinaldiseases www.erdc.info

@jrmarmor.bsky.social from #CABD was one of the keynote speakers of the Genetics of Ocular Development in Ghent in the past days!

The #GoOD2025 meeting is over, it was sooo good to catch up with these lovely people and hear about their fantastic work! Thanks to @elfridedebaere.bsky.social and her team for organising such an amazing event in beautiful Ghent. We had a lot of fun and hope to be back soon!! #goodsocmeeting2025

We’ve just wrapped up an amazing Genetics of Ocular Development (GoOD) Meeting, held on 📅 8–9 September 2025 in Ghent. It was an inspiring programme with brilliant lectures from our invited speakers ✨ Elena Semina ✨ Juan R Martínez-Morales @jrmarmor.bsky.social ✨ Alice Davidson & selected talks

🐸👦🏻 What do a frog and a human have in common? More than you might think, especially when it comes to the eye! 👁️ In this video @elfridedebaere.bsky.social introduces the ENHANCE-MCOR project, the first research project funded by the #GENeHOPEFund: lnkd.in/eswPtYtB

An infant with an inherited life-threatening metabolic condition has responded to a tailored therapy that uses CRISPR to correct a specific mutation go.nature.com/3Jmdbuy

Exciting news! 🎉 The Genetics of Ocular Development (GoOD) Meeting will take place in Ghent, Belgium, 8–9 September 2025 Keynote lectures from Elena Semina, Juan R. Martínez-Morales & Alice Davidson Early registration: open until 31 Aug 2025 👉 goodsoc.org/meetings/2025-meeting

Unique career opportunity regarding Computational Genomics in the field of Reproductive Medicine at the leading @uoe-igc.bsky.social directed by @jorisveltman.bsky.social Joris Veltman! Deadline for applications: 1st September 2025!! #ComputationalGenomics #ReproductiveMedicine #Lecturer

The Human Genetics Scholars Initiative is more than a program; it's a career accelerator! For 2 years gain: 🎟️FREE ASHG membership ✈️All-expenses-paid access for 2 meetings 🧠Dedicated mentorship 💰Career development funds Deadline → 8/18. Apply now: bit.ly/40iRMIk #ASHG #HumanGenetics

Before the discovery of DNA, a man named Gregor Mendel uncovered the foundation for human genetics research by cross-breeding pea plants. Happy birthday, Gregor Mendel!🎊Learn more about his work in genetic inheritance via our Discover Genetics Fact Sheet: bit.ly/3GQS5n2

📣 Join us at the Genetics of Ocular Development (GoOD) Meeting in Ghent, Belgium, 8-9/09/25 🧬 Abstract submission until 16/07/25 goodsoc.org ✨ Exciting line-up ✨ Supported by GoOD @vlaamseoverheid.bsky.social @ds-ugent.bsky.social Lucid #eyegenetics #development #models #diagnosis #therapy

🧬 Exciting programme for #ESHG2026! 🧬 And this is only the beginning! 🌟🌟🌟

Introducing Eye2Gene: a deep-learning model trained on multimodal retinal imaging (FAF, IR, OCT) to predict causative genes among 63 candidates for inherited retinal diseases, supporting diagnosis and variant prioritization. 👉 app.eye2gene.com www.nature.com/articles/s42...