These awards provide recognition for outstanding student papers in both SMBE journals. All articles published in the two SMBE journals, Molecular Biology & Evolution and Genome Biology & Evolution, in the calendar year prior to the meeting are eligible for nomination. The best student paper of the year in each journal will receive the prize.

The Training and Development Committee of the ASGH is pleased to announce the ASHG Trainee Paper Spotlight, a feature that will highlight outstanding papers written by trainee members. A new Spotlight will be posted to the ASHG Trainee Forum the last Wednesday of each month on a quarterly basis.

A written examination on contents of evolutionary biology, cellular biology and genetics was applied to all prospective graduate students, and I obtained 9.4/10 score, first place.

In this course, you will get an introduction to the main tools and ideas in the data scientist’s toolbox. The course gives an overview of the data, questions, and tools that data analysts and data scientists work with. There are two components to this course. The first is a conceptual introduction to the ideas behind turning data into actionable knowledge. The second is a practical introduction to the tools that will be used in the program like version control, markdown, git, Github, R, and Rstudio.