Benjamin Blankenmeister

Genomic Research as a Critical Pathway to Diagnosis for Individuals with Rare Disease

The Rare Genomes Project provides remote genomic sequencing to rare disease families, achieving a 23.3% diagnostic solve rate and highlighting the role of research in overcoming clinical diagnostic barriers.

Structural variant discovery and diagnostic impact in rare diseases from short-read and long-read sequencing

This study evaluates the diagnostic yield of short-read and long-read sequencing in rare diseases, finding limited added value from long-read sequencing despite increased variant discovery.

Considerations for reporting variants in novel candidate genes identified during clinical genomic testing

The paper develops criteria for identifying, sharing, and reporting novel candidate genes in clinical genomic testing to improve diagnostic yield for Mendelian conditions.