ASHG 2026 · Tier 1 Academic

University of California, Davis at ASHG 2026

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

Davis, California

University of California, Davis at ASHG 2026 in Montréal: 7 presentations (5 posters, 2 platform talks); 4 research groups.

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Organization	ASHG 2026 Attendance
University of California, Davis Davis, California	4 PhD Students · 1 PI · 1 Staff Scientist
Dennis Labdennislab.org Wet + dry lab~20 people Uses long-read and single-molecule sequencing with zebrafish molecular biology. Studies human-specific genes, structural variation and neurodevelopmental disease. 21 papers since 2024 › Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution Cell, 2025 Local genetic adaptation to habitat in wild chimpanzees Science, 2025 Deciphering the role of structural variation in human evolution: a functional perspective Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5074379383 Funded by NIH, NIH +2 more › NIH, National Institute of Mental Health · active “this project is now supported through the NIH National Institute of Mental Health” NIH, National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke · active “Projects in the lab are funded in part by NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke” NSF, CAREER Award · active “This project is funded via an NSF CAREER Award.” +1 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 13 platforms and techniques › Works with PacBio HiFi sequencing, CiFi, single-molecule sequencing, long-read sequencing, VAST imaging system, DanioVision, whole-genome sequencing Techniques CRISPR gene editing, zebrafish models, chromosome conformation capture, genome assembly, molecular and cellular biology, high-throughput larval phenotyping Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are currently recruiting postdocs and grad students!” Source: lab positions page	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Structural variant discovery and characterization from de novo assembly of Khoe-Sān genomes Molecular Effects of Genetic Variation Collaborators: University of California, Santa Barbara, Institut de Biologia Evolutiva +1 more Copy number/structural variationGenetic variationGenomicsLong-read sequencing Talk Thu Oct 22 9:15 am Haplotype-resolved long-read chromatin mapping reveals regulatory impacts of structural variation Chromatin in Motion: Epigenetic Control of Brain Development and Disease Copy number/structural variationGene regulationGenomicsHaplotype Poster Fri Oct 23 2:30 pm A Functional Characterization of Autism with Disproportionate Megalencephaly Candidate Genes in Larval Zebrafish Complex Traits and Polygenic Disorders AutismGenome editing/CRISPRGenotype-phenotype correlationsMachine learning
Gliomics Research Groupgliomics-lab.com Wet + dry lab~12 people Studies genetics and environment in microglia states using iPSC-derived microglia and single-cell omics. Targets Alzheimer’s disease, ALS and aging. 7 papers since 2024 › Microglia in systemic neuroimmune communication: functions beyond phagocytosis Trends in Immunology, 2026 Characterization of a C9orf72 Knockout Danio rerio model for ALS and cross-species validation of potential therapeutics screened in Caenorhabditis elegans PLoS ONE, 2026 Single-nucleus sequencing reveals enriched expression of genetic risk factors in extratelencephalic neurons sensitive to degeneration in ALS Nature Aging, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5059779856 Funded by Alzheimer's Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association +4 more › Alzheimer's Association · active “We want to thank the Alzheimer's Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Cure Alzheimer's fund” Muscular Dystrophy Association · active “We want to thank the Alzheimer's Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Cure Alzheimer's fund” Cure Alzheimer's Fund · active “We want to thank the Alzheimer's Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Cure Alzheimer's fund” +3 more on the lab page Source: lab pages 8 platforms and techniques › Analyzes RNA-sequencing, Single-cell-resolution analyses Techniques iPSC-derived microglia, Single-cell omics, Cell villages / pooled cultures, Xenograft and in vitro models, Human-focused epigenetic approaches, Lentiviral transduction of microglia-like cells Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “We are hiring postdocs! We are hiring graduate students!” Source: lab positions page	Poster Thu Oct 22 4:15 pm Regulation of Antigen Presentation in Microglia by APOE4 Omics Technologies Collaborators: Broad Institute Alzheimer’s diseaseSingle-cellNeurodegenerationImmune system
QUON-titative bioqlab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/lab-members Dry lab~7 people Builds machine-learning models for genetic variation, gene regulation, gene expression, chromatin accessibility and scRNA-seq. Studies disease risk, cell dynamics and neuronal phenotypes. 14 papers since 2024 › The psychoplastogen tabernanthalog induces neuroplasticity without proximate immediate early gene activation Nature Neuroscience, 2025 Human-specific gene expansions contribute to brain evolution Cell, 2025 scPair: Boosting single cell multimodal analysis by leveraging implicit feature selection and single cell atlases Nature Communications, 2024 Source: OpenAlex author A5021149986 9 platforms and techniques › Analyzes scRNA-seq, live-cell imaging, MRI, chromatin accessibility Techniques machine learning, neural network-based modeling, gene-expression deconvolution, genotype-to-phenotype prediction, single-cell alignment and rare-cell identification Source: lab pages Currently hiring › “I am looking for both students and postdocs to join our group” Source: lab positions page No funding stated	Talk Fri Oct 23 1:45 pm Accurate genomic prediction in ultra-small patient cohorts New Machine Learning Approaches in Genetics and Genomics Complex traitsComputational toolsDeep learningGenotype-phenotype correlations
Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropologyib.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/… Works in population genetics.	Poster Wed Oct 21 2:30 pm Local adaptations and balancing selection of olfactory receptor multigene family in human populations Evolutionary and Population Genetics Collaborators: The University of Tokyo, University of Calgary +2 more Natural selectionPopulation geneticsCopy number/structural variationEvolution
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