Atlas of Variant Effects Alliance

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Advancing the promise of the Human Genome Project by interpreting the landscape of human genetic variation. https://www.varianteffect.org https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlas-of-variant-effects-alliance #AtlasOfVariantEffects

Composite image of Priyanka Bajaj (left) and Ohanna C. L. Bezerra (right)
Screen grab of the Variant Effects Seminar Series (VESS) playlist on the Atlas of Variant Effects (AVE) YouTube Channel.
Dr Jay Shendure stands, arms folded and smiling, with his back to the bench, in his laboratory. Photo courtesy of Ron Wurzer.
The image is a composite of the faces of the 100 different VESS speakers. They are a mix of genders and ethnicities and all are smiling. Above the montage is the Atlas of Variant Effects logo and the text '100 speakers. Variant effects seminar series. VESS'
On a bright pink background, the event title "Variant Scientist Network presents - Beyond the VUS: Using MAVE data to inform variant classification" is shown, together with the author name (Abbye McEwen, MD, PhD) and affiliations. The date and time (June 17, 12-1 pm Eastern) are also shown. On the left, there is a headshot of the presenter, a caucasian female with short brown hair and glasses. She is smiling at the camera, wearing a dark top and jewellery.
Milestone at the mic: Celebrating 100 VESS speakers. The image shows celebratory green fireworks, the name and title of presenter (Ezequiel A Galpern) and a joining link and QR code.
The image shows celebratory fireworks in shades of green and has the text "Milestone at the mic: 100 VESS speakers. June 2, 2026. It also details the presenter (Ezequiel Galpern) with a photo and title of his talk.
May VESS flier with images of both speakers and their presentation titles.
The image says thank you to the sponsors of the Mutational Scanning Symposium (MSS) 2026 and shows the sponsors' logos. These are as follows: Gold sponsors: Ambry Genetics and Illumina. Silver sponsors: Australian Functional Genomics Network (AFGN), Brotman Baty Institute (BBI), the Collaborative Centre for Genomic Cancer Medicine and Twist Bioscience. Bronze sponsors: WEHI (the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research). Venue sponsors: St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research (SVI) and The Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery (ACMD).