Attending the annual American Society of Human Genetics meeting in Vancouver next week?
We’d love to hear from you! Attend our talks, come by our posters, and find us at our booth. The 23andMe research team has a full slate of presentations and posters at ASHG this year.
Wednesday, Oct 19
TALK 11:30am – 12:00pm
From GWAS and Mendelian Genes to Therapeutic Drug Targets
Richard Scheller, 23andMe Chief Science Officer and Head of 
Therapeutics
The Therapeutics group at 23andMe is using human genetic data as the starting point for identifying new therapies for both common and rare diseases.
Session 20.
From GWAS and Mendelian Genes to Therapeutic Drug Targets Ballroom B, West Building, Convention Centre
POSTERS 3 pm – 4 pm
Karl Heilbron, 23andMe Post-doctoral Computational Biologist
Poster #: PgmNr 406
Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
GWASs of ability to carry a musical tune and mathematical educational attainment
Robert Bell, 23andMe Bioinformaticist
Poster #: PgmNr 430
Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
Efficient calculation of genetic correlations across 700,000 pairs of diverse phenotypes
Aaron Kleinman, 23andMe Senior Computational Biologist
Poster #: PgmNr 496
Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
Interrogating gene-by-environment interactions using genetic risk scores
Nicholas Furlotte, 23andMe Statistical Geneticist
Poster #: PgmNr 514
Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
Thursday, Oct 20 EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR (registration required) 1pm — 2:30pm
New Models in Genotyping: Incentivizing Recruitment, Engaging Participants and Accelerating Research Results
Location: Ballroom B, East Building, Convention Centre
Program includes:
How the consumerization of genomics benefits research
Joyce Tung, 23andMe VP of R&D
Reimagining genetic studies: Genotyping Services for Research
Robert Borkowski, 23andMe Product Manager
POSTERS 2 pm – 3 pm
The genetics of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson’s disease 
Olga Sazonova, Computational Biologist
Poster #: PgmNr 1409 Convention Centre,
Exhibit Hall B, West Building 3 pm – 4 pm
Janie Shelton, 23andMe Survey Methodologist
Poster #: PgmNr 350 Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
The impact of personal experience with direct -to- consumer genetic testing on physician readiness
Erynn Gordon, 23andMe Director of Clinical Development
Poster #: PgmNr 3098
Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
Friday, Oct 21
POSTERS 2 pm – 3 pm
Generalized polygenic risk prediction for non-medical traits in a direct-to-consumer setting 
Michael Multhaup, 23andMe Product Scientist
Poster #: PgmNr 477
Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
Leveraging PheWAS in fine-mapping complex trait GWAS loci. 
Fah Sathirapongsasuti, 23andMe Computational Biologist
Poster #: PgmNr 1719
Convention Centre, Exhibit Hall B, West Building
Saturday, Oct 22 TALK 9:15am – 9:30am
Genome- and phenome-wide study of “nail biting”: Not just a habit. 
Chao Tian, 23andMe Senior Statistical Geneticist
PgmNr 276 Session 78.
Neuropsychiatric Diseases of the Young and Old Room 221, West Building, Convention Centre You can also find us at our marketing booth #211.
Read more about our scientific presence at ASHG.