ASHG 2026 · Tier 1 Academic

Harvard University at ASHG 2026

Name: ASHG 2026 Annual Meeting
Start: 2026-10-20
End: 2026-10-24
Location: Montréal

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Harvard University at ASHG 2026 in Montréal: 8 presentations (5 posters, 1 featured symposium, 1 platform talk); 4 research groups.

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Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts	4 PhD Students · 2 Postdocs
Reich Labreich.hms.harvard.edu Wet + dry lab~34 people Extracts and sequences ancient DNA, including in-solution enrichment for >1 million SNPs, and applies statistical methods. Studies population history, adaptation and disease with archaeologists. 49 papers since 2024 › Multi-model assurance analysis showing large language models are highly vulnerable to adversarial hallucination attacks during clinical decision support Communications Medicine, 2025 The genetic origin of the Indo-Europeans Nature, 2025 The Allen Ancient DNA Resource (AADR) a curated compendium of ancient human genomes Scientific Data, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5011819951 Funded by John Templeton Foundation › John Templeton Foundation, Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity · 2019 “Our laboratory receives a grant from the John Templeton Foundation to build an Ancient DNA Atlas of Humanity” Source: lab pages 8 platforms and techniques › Runs In-solution enrichment for >1 million SNPs Techniques Ancient DNA extraction, DNA sequencing, Statistical methods, In-solution enrichment, Ancient-DNA sample pulverization, UV decontamination, Radiocarbon dating Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “Apply for a post-doc position analyzing ancient DNA to learn about biology and history” Source: lab positions page	Symposium Wed Oct 21 9:43 am Closing remarks Human Mutational Processes Underlying Genomic Signatures, Cancer, and Evolution Talk Wed Oct 21 11:15 am Ancient DNA reveals natural selection upregulating the human immune system over the last 10,000 years Detecting Human Adaptation: Methods, Drivers, and Health Impacts of Natural Selection Collaborators: Broad Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Ancient DNANatural selectionImmune systemAutoimmune disorder Talk Wed Oct 21 1:30 pm Convergent human adaptation during parallel subsistence transitions across Eurasia Advances in Population Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, and Omics Collaborators: Broad Institute, University of Vienna +2 more Ancient DNAEvolutionEvolutionary geneticsNatural selection Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm ★ Reviewers’ Choice Convergent human adaptation during parallel subsistence transitions across Eurasia Evolutionary and Population Genetics Collaborators: Broad Institute, University of Vienna +2 more Ancient DNAEvolutionEvolutionary geneticsNatural selection Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Buried in two places: Lineages from elite Maya tombs also found in distant caves Evolutionary and Population Genetics Collaborators: Broad Institute, Newark Trust for Education +8 more Ancient DNAStatistical geneticsPopulation geneticsInheritance patterns
Karczewski Labklab.is Dry lab~13 people Analyzes exome, genome, UK Biobank and functional genomics datasets with Hail, gnomAD and Genebass. Uses these resources to interpret disease variants and human genome biology. 52 papers since 2024 › Author Correction: A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes Nature, 2024 Pan-UK Biobank GWAS improves discovery, analysis of genetic architecture, and resolution into ancestry-enriched effects medRxiv, 2024 A harmonized public resource of deeply sequenced diverse human genomes Genome Research, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5106691485 Funded by Harvard Society of Fellows, NIH › Harvard Society of Fellows, Junior Fellow · active “Mohamed El-Brolosy is a junior fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows” NIH, NIH-Cambridge scholar “Henry obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge as an NIH-Cambridge scholar” Source: lab pages 12 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Exome data, Genome data, gnomAD, Genebass, LOFTEE, Hail Techniques Rare variant association analysis, Directional gene perturbation, Machine learning, Deep learning, Multimodal disease prediction, Sequence-to-function modeling Source: lab pages No openings posted	Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Noncoding burden tests in All of Us highlight disease associations of miRNAs and RNUs Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Collaborators: Broad Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital Non-coding RNAComplex traitsLarge-scale biobanksRare variants
Marks Labdeboramarkslab.com Dry lab~22 people Models evolutionary sequence alignments, protein/RNA sequences and mutation data. Uses them for variant interpretation, protein structure prediction, viral forecasting and sequence design. 48 papers since 2024 › MaveDB 2024: a curated community database with over seven million variant effects from multiplexed functional assays Genome biology, 2025 Machine learning for functional protein design Nature Biotechnology, 2024 scPerturb: harmonized single-cell perturbation data Nature Methods, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5022191527 Funded by Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative › Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations · active “With $942,000 in funding from the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations” Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Ben Barres Early Career Investigation Award · 2018 Philanthropic science funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. “[name] was recently awarded a 2.5 million grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative” Source: lab pages 13 platforms and techniques › Analyzes single-cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, longitudinal electronic health records, CRISPR perturbation data, deep mutational scanning, multiplexed microscopy, AlphaFold-Multimer Techniques deep learning, evolutionary couplings, maximum entropy probability modeling, Bayesian variational inference, molecular modeling, viral forecasting Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “General expression of interest can be sent (along with CV)” Source: lab positions page	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm ★ Reviewers’ Choice DNA cyclizability and curvature drive complex disease heritability Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Complex traitsHeritabilityMachine learningSNP analysis/discovery
Price Labhsph.harvard.edu/research/price-lab Works in population genetics. 24 papers since 2024 › Deciphering the impact of genomic variation on function Nature, 2024 Tissue-specific enhancer–gene maps from multimodal single-cell data identify causal disease alleles Nature Genetics, 2024 Pervasive findings of directional selection realize the promise of ancient DNA to elucidate human adaptation bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5066797582	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Context-dependent heteroskedasticity in gene expression is associated with gene function and disease heritability Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation Collaborators: Broad Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute +2 more Gene environment interactionIdentification of disease genesRegulation of transcriptionStatistical genetics

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