Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey at ASHG 2026

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

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey brings 5 presentations from 3 research groups to ASHG 2026 in Montréal. Its program centres on rare disease, population genetics and computational genomics. The Kreimer Lab brings multi-omic studies of autism risk in developing neural cells, the Xing Lab of Genomics examines egg aneuploidy risk genes across species, and the Kachroo Lab links FADS2 to lipid metabolism in pediatric asthma.

Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey New Brunswick, New Jersey	2 PIs · 2 PhD Students · 1 Undergrad
Kreimer Labanatkreimer.com Wet + dry lab~6 people Develops computational models with MPRA, RNA-seq, ATAC-seq and ChIP-seq data. Studies neural differentiation, non-coding variants and transcriptional regulation in disease. 19 papers since 2024 › Mutations of schizophrenia risk gene SETD1A dysregulate synaptic function in human neurons Molecular Psychiatry, 2025 CAGI, the Critical Assessment of Genome Interpretation, establishes progress and prospects for computational genetic variant interpretation methods Genome biology, 2024 Polygenic risk for alcohol use disorder affects cellular responses to ethanol exposure in a human microglial cell model Science Advances, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5069469702 8 platforms and techniques › Works with Massively Parallel Reporter Assays (MPRAs), RNA-seq, ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq Techniques Computational modeling, Neural differentiation, Enhancer-promoter interaction modeling, Non-coding variant analysis Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are seeking talented, motivated graduate students and postdoctoral researchers.” Source: lab positions page No funding stated	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm ★ Reviewers’ Choice Part of Complex Traits and Polygenic Disorders Poster Wednesday Session Context-dependent effects of non-coding de novo autism and GWAS psychiatric variants in human stem cell-derived neural cells Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 8224W Collaborators: Yale University Regulation of transcriptionAutismNeurogeneticsBioinformatics Poster Thu Oct 22 4:15 pm Part of Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation Poster Thursday Session Multi-omic mapping of cell-type specific autism risk during early neural development Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 6063T BioinformaticsComplex diseasesGene regulationGenetic variation Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Part of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Poster Friday Session Decoding generalizable neuronal cis-regulatory grammar across cell types and stimulation states Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 8058F Collaborators: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Yale University AutismDeep learningGene regulationMachine learning
Xing Lab of Genomicsxinglab.genetics.rutgers.edu Dry lab~10 people Analyzes whole-exome, whole-genome, Nanopore and mass-spectrometry data with bioinformatic tools. Studies disease genes, mobile elements, population history and genomic technologies. 19 papers since 2024 › Dysregulation of mTOR signaling mediates common neurite and migration defects in both idiopathic and 16p11.2 deletion autism neural precursor cells eLife, 2024 A Massive Proteogenomic Screen Identifies Thousands of Novel Peptides From the Human “Dark” Proteome Molecular & Cellular Proteomics, 2024 Maternal genetic variants in kinesin motor domains prematurely increase egg aneuploidy Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5024706936 Funded by Center for Human Evolutionary Studies, NIH +1 more › Center for Human Evolutionary Studies · 2025 “We are awarded a research grant from the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies.” NIH, DMS/NIGMS · 2024 “we are awarded a NIH grant from DMS/NIGMS.” Life Sciences Alliance Task Force, Pilot Seed Funding · 2024 “we are awarded a Life Sciences Alliance Pilot Seed Funding grant from the Life Sciences Alliance Task Force” Source: lab pages 14 platforms and techniques › Analyzes Whole-exome sequencing, Genotyping arrays, Ultra-low coverage whole-genome sequencing, GTEx whole-genome sequencing, Nanopore sequencing, Mass spectrometry, Single-cell ATAC-seq, Long-read sequencing Techniques ME-Scan, Machine-learning integration of variant call sets, Gene ontology and protein-protein interaction network analysis, Genomic safe-harbor mapping, Proteogenomics, Gene-gene interaction networks Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “Want to join our adventure? Here are current openings.” Source: lab positions page	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Part of Prenatal, Perinatal, Reproductive, and Developmental Genetics Poster Wednesday Session Using cross-species experiments to understand the function of egg aneuploidy risk genes Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 3025W AneuploidyIdentification of disease genesInfertilityModel organisms
Kachroo Lab Works in population genetics.	Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm Part of Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology Poster Friday Session Cross-cohort Multi-Omic Colocalization Identifies FADS2 as a Genetic-Epigenetic Regulator of Lipid Metabolism in Pediatric Asthma Exhibit & Poster Hall · Board 8472F Collaborators: Brigham and Women's Hospital AsthmaEpigeneticsMetabolomicsMulti-omics

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