Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at ASHG 2026

Oct 20–24, 2026 Montréal, Canada ~7.5k attendees Website

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center brings 6 presentations from 4 research groups to ASHG 2026 in Montréal. Its program at this meeting centres on cancer genetics, population and computational genetics, and clinical applications. The Jones Lab presents inherited structural variants in breast and ovarian cancer, the McGovern Lab improves genetic discovery with iterative polygenic scores, and the Peng Lab optimizes polygenic scores for clinical use.

Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California	2 PhD Students · 1 Staff Scientist
Jones Labcedars-sinai.edu/health-sciences-university/research/labs/jones.html Wet + dry lab~4 people Studies inherited cancer risk and tumor-genome progression using Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing, spatial proteomic profiling and multi-omic analyses. Focus is ovarian cancer. 21 papers since 2024 › Body mass index stratified meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of polycystic ovary syndrome in women of European ancestry BMC Genomics, 2024 Integrative multi-omics analyses to identify the genetic and functional mechanisms underlying ovarian cancer risk regions The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2024 Timing of whole genome duplication is associated with tumor-specific MHC-II depletion in serous ovarian cancer Nature Communications, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5031947547 Funded by Not stated, Not stated +3 more › Not stated, A Multifaceted Approach to Biomarker Discovery for BRCAAssociated Fallopian Carcinoma · 30 Sep 2025 - 29 Sep 2027 “A Multifaceted Approach to Biomarker Discovery for BRCAAssociated Fallopian Carcinoma 30 Sep 2025 - 29 Sep 2027” Not stated, Finding the missing heritability of ovarian cancer by identifying structural variants as risk alleles · 1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2027 “Finding the missing heritability of ovarian cancer by identifying structural variants as risk alleles. 1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2027” American Cancer Society, Mapping the complete genetic architecture of ovarian cancer to improve disease prevention · 1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2027 “Mapping the complete genetic architecture of ovarian cancer to improve disease prevention. American Cancer Society 1 Jul 2023 - 30 Jun 2027” +2 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 6 platforms and techniques › Runs Oxford Nanopore Technologies long-read sequencing Techniques spatial proteomic profiling, multi-omic analyses, bioinformatics, structural variation analysis, tumor-genome mapping Source: lab pages No openings posted	Poster Thu Oct 22 4:15 pm Part of Cancer Poster Thursday Session Germline structural variants are risk alleles for breast and ovarian cancer Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 1031T CancerCopy number/structural variationGenome-wide association study
McGovern Labcedars-sinai.edu/health-sciences-university/research/labs/mcgovern/members.html Wet + dry lab~13 people Generates and analyzes genetic, genomic, microbiome and clinical data in the MIRIAD IBD database. Studies gene discovery, disease behavior and therapy response in inflammatory bowel disease. 95 papers since 2024 › Author Correction: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes Nature, 2024 Phase 2 Trial of Anti-TL1A Monoclonal Antibody Tulisokibart for Ulcerative Colitis New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 Comprehensive Association Analyses of Extraintestinal Manifestations in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Gastroenterology, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5035961257 Funded by Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), European Union +2 more › Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) · active “Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA)” European Union, FP7 mechanism · active “European Union — FP7 mechanism” The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust · active “The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust” +1 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 8 platforms and techniques › Runs Illumina genotyping, Illumina expression, Taqman assays from Applied Biosystems Techniques DNA/RNA/protein isolation, Multi-omic data integration, Statistical and bioinformatics analysis, Serotyping, Microbiome data interpretation Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are actively recruiting students and postdocs to be our colleagues and expand lab knowledge and expertise” Source: lab positions page	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm ★ Reviewers’ Choice Part of Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Poster Wednesday Session IterPRS: iterative polygenic-score conditioning using GWAS summary statistics to greatly improve genetic discovery Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 8429W Complex traitsGenome-wide association studyPolygenic risk score
Peng Labcedars-sinai.edu/health-sciences-university/research/labs/peng.html Dry lab~2 people Uses statistical and machine-learning methods on genome-wide association studies, genomics, epigenomics and transcriptomics data. Supports cancer prevention, treatment and personalized medicine. 28 papers since 2024 › Assessing the Performance of the PREDICT Breast Version 3.0 Prognostic Tool in Patients With Breast Cancer in the United States Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, 2025 Integrative multi-omics analyses to identify the genetic and functional mechanisms underlying ovarian cancer risk regions The American Journal of Human Genetics, 2024 Improving on polygenic scores across complex traits using select and shrink with summary statistics (S4) and LDpred2 BMC Genomics, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5084965860 7 platforms and techniques › Techniques machine-learning methods, statistical modeling, multi-omics integration, germline-variant characterization, DNA methylation, chromatin accessibility, gene-expression modeling Source: lab pages No funding stated · No openings posted	Poster Thu Oct 22 4:15 pm Part of Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Poster Thursday Session S4-Oligo: optimizing polygenic score methods for clinical deployment Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 8445T Collaborators: University of Cambridge Polygenic risk scoreGenetic epidemiologyComplex diseasesPrecision medicine
Tatonetti Labtatonettilab.org Dry lab~21 people Uses AI and machine learning on EHRs, genomics databases and unstructured clinical notes. Targets drug safety, cancer care and EHR knowledge extraction. 82 papers since 2024 › Large Language Model Analysis of Reporting Quality of Randomized Clinical Trial Articles JAMA Network Open, 2025 TCGA-Reports: A machine-readable pathology report resource for benchmarking text-based AI models Patterns, 2024 Generalizable and automated classification of TNM stage from pathology reports with external validation Nature Communications, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5086753691 10 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Electronic health records (EHRs), Genomics databases, RIFTEHR Techniques Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Large language models (LLMs), BERT-based models, Molecular structure embeddings, Automatic speech recognition (ASR), Familial relationship inference Source: lab pages No funding stated · No openings posted	Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Part of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Poster Friday Session Patient-Level Membership Inference in Fine-Tuned Clinical Language Models for EHR Phenotyping Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 8091F Collaborators: Broad Institute Artificial intelligenceElectronic health recordsGenome-wide association study
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