Fred Hutch Cancer Center at ASHG 2026

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

Fred Hutch Cancer Center brings 6 presentations from 4 research groups to ASHG 2026 in Montréal. Its program centres on cancer genetics, population genetics and computational analysis, with clinical genetics also represented. Darst Lab brings preliminary prostate-cancer findings, Fred Hutch Clinical Genetics and Genetic Counseling Service reviews testing outcomes, and Junction of Statistics and Biology (JSB Lab) presents methods for therapeutic targets.

Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
Fred Hutch Cancer Center Seattle, Washington	1 Clinician · 1 PI · 1 Staff Scientist · 1 Postdoc
Darst Labresearch.fredhutch.org/darst/en.html Dry lab~8 people Analyzes germline sequencing and multi-omics data in genetic and metabolomic epidemiology. Focuses on prostate-cancer risk, progression and health disparities. 45 papers since 2024 › Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Population-Attributable Fractions of Alzheimer Disease and Related Dementias Neurology, 2024 Admix-kit: an integrated toolkit and pipeline for genetic analyses of admixed populations Bioinformatics, 2024 Polygenic Risk Score and Upgrading in Patients With Prostate Cancer Receiving Active Surveillance JAMA Oncology, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5064882006 6 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Germline sequencing Techniques Polygenic risk scores, Genome-wide association studies, Multi-omics integration, Metabolomic epidemiology, Rare-variant analysis Source: lab pages No funding stated · No openings posted	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Part of Cancer Poster Wednesday Session Preliminary findings from the Genetic Information to Inform Treatment and Screening for Prostate Cancer (GIFTS) Study Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 1050W Collaborators: University of Washington CancerClinical geneticsGenetic testingPublic health
Fred Hutch Clinical Genetics and Genetic Counseling Servicefredhutch.org/en/patient-care/prevention/genetic-counseling-clinical-genetics.html ~11 people Provides cancer risk assessment and multigene panel testing using blood, saliva and skin-biopsy DNA samples. Uses results for hereditary-cancer prevention, surveillance and early detection. 5 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Multigene panel testing Techniques Cancer risk assessment, Genetic counseling, Clinical germline testing, DNA biobanking Source: lab pages No funding stated · No openings posted	Talk Fri Oct 23 1:30 pm Part of Returning ‘Omics Results to Patients to Improve Health A longitudinal review of the outcomes of genetic testing in a multi-disciplinary prostate cancer genetics clinic Room 510/Level 5 CancerClinical geneticsGenetic counselingGenetic testing
Junction of Statistics and Biology (JSB Lab)jsb-lab.org Dry lab~17 people Develops statistical methods for single-cell, spatial transcriptomics, bulk RNA-seq and genomic data. Uses them for omics rigor, gene discovery and comparative genomics. 87 papers since 2024 › Categorization of 34 computational methods to detect spatially variable genes from spatially resolved transcriptomics data Nature Communications, 2025 Developmental isoform diversity in the human neocortex informs neuropsychiatric risk mechanisms Science, 2024 Statistical method scDEED for detecting dubious 2D single-cell embeddings and optimizing t-SNE and UMAP hyperparameters Nature Communications, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5045434495 Funded by National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) › National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH R01 · active The NIH's standard multi-year research project grant. “Jessica has received a four-year, $2.4M NIH R01 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).” Source: lab pages 13 platforms and techniques › Analyzes single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, bulk RNA-seq, single-cell ATAC-seq, single-cell multi-omics, mass spectrometry Techniques false discovery rate control, high-dimensional variable selection, comparative genomics, Central Dogma quantification, gene-gene and protein-DNA interaction identification, RNA isoform discovery, single-cell and spatial omics simulation Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “Postdoctoral Researcher Positions Available at Fred Hutch Cancer Center” Source: lab positions page	Symposium Wed Oct 21 8:35 am Part of Beyond GWAS: Translating Human Genetic into Therapeutic Targets and Clinical Development Calibrated inference for translating human genetics into high-confidence therapeutic targets Room 517A/Level 5
Laboratório de Oncologia Translacional Works in cancer genetics.	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Part of Cancer Poster Wednesday Session Germline and somatic determinants of the ccRCC proteome Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 1032W Collaborators: Universidade de São Paulo CancerGenomicsProteomics
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