Laura Raffield Awarded New Subcontract from UTSW Medical Center March 20, 2025 Dr. Laura Raffield (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has received a new subcontract from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Hyejung Won Awarded New Seed Grant from the ALS Association March 20, 2025 Dr. Hyejung Won (Associate Professor, Genetics) was awarded a seed grant from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association for her project titled 鈥淒eciphering higher-order chromatin mechanisms for C9orf72-mediated ALS鈥.
Chuck Perou Awarded New DoD Grant March 20, 2025 Dr. Chuck Perou (Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) received a new grant from the Department of Defense for his project titled 鈥淭he Breast Cancer Cellular Atlas鈥.
Alexander Rubinsteyn Receives New Grant from Jaime Leandro Foundation March 20, 2025 Dr. Alex Rubinsteyn (Associate Professor, Genetics) was awarded a new grant from the Jaime Leandro Foundation for his project titled 鈥淥ptimization of personalized cancer immunotherapeutic approaches鈥.聽
Michael Love Awarded R01 Renewal from NHGRI March 20, 2025 Dr. Michael Love (Associate Professor, Genetics and Biostatistics) had a successful competitive renewal of his R01 grant titled 鈥淎 modular framework for accurate, interpretable, and reproducible analysis of long read RNA-seq data鈥 from NHGRI.
Highlighted Faculty: Christoph Rau, PhD, Assistant Professor February 21, 2025 The Department of Genetics is proud to highlight Dr. Christoph Rau for his excellence in research, mentorship, and service.
Julianne O鈥橠aniel Promoted to Clinical Professor February 18, 2025 Ms. Julianne O鈥橠aniel, MS, CGC, has been promoted to Clinical Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective January 1, 2025.
Adriana Beltran Receives 黑料网 ELEVATE Award February 11, 2025 Dr. Adriana Beltran, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics) has received an ELEVATE Fixed-Term Faculty Development Award from the Committee on Faculty Leaves and Awards, 黑料网 Provost Office.
MicroRNA Responsible for Sex Differences in Cardiac Physiology, Disease February 6, 2025 Researchers in the laboratories of Frank L. Conlon, PhD, Professor of Biology and Genetics, and Bill Marzluff, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have pinpointed small molecules that greatly affect differences in heart health in men and women. These results uncover one of the molecular reasons behind sex...
Eight Psychiatric Disorders Share the Same Genetic Causes, Study Says January 23, 2025 Building off previous groundbreaking research, a new study identifies specific genetic variants that have significant impacts on brain development and are shared across eight different psychiatric disorders. Targeting these variants could pave the way for treatments that address multiple conditions at once.