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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · 2d

Congratulations to Dr. Sharon Plon who was awarded the 2025 Arthur L Beaudet Outstanding Mentorship Award this past Monday! Her talk was titled "Genetic Predisposition to Cancer: From Single Gene Sequencing to Exomes on a Cell Phone". See photos from the event below.

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Wilhelm of the Lichtarge lab on your successful dissertation! Kevin’s dissertation was “A Meta-Evolutionary Framework for the Discovery and Functional Prioritization of Complex Disease Risk Genes.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Cooke of the Herman lab on your successful dissertation! Matthew’s dissertation was “Transcriptional Determinants of Microbial Genome Stability” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 5d

#TXMedCenter collaboration to train new #kidney, #urologic and #hematologic researchers. #HAIKUH @bcmhouston.bsky.social #Goodell_Lab @bcmgenetics.bsky.social www.bcm.edu/news/tmc-col...

TMC collaboration: training new kidney, urologic and hematologic researchers

Texas Medical Center researchers are working together to strengthen the pipeline for future kidney, urologic and hematologic (KUH) research. Baylor College...

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Graham Erwin @grahamerwin.bsky.social receives NIH New Innovator Award! www.bcm.edu/news/dr-grah... @bcmhouston.bsky.social @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #BCMCancerCenter

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · 12d

NIH awards Baylor more than $15 million to fund two #rareDiseases consortia. @bcmhouston.bsky.social @bcmgenetics.bsky.social @rarediseasesint.bsky.social blogs.bcm.edu/2025/09/30/f...

NIH awards Baylor more than $15 million to fund two rare diseases consortia

The funding is to renew the Brittle Bone Disorders Consortium for five years and to launch the Rare Organic Acidemias Research Consortium.

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · 13d

Big news! The Medical Genetics Multiomics Lab (www.bcm.edu/departments/...) @bcmhouston.bsky.social has earned CAP accreditation, recognizing its excellence in lab quality and patient care. Congrats to Dr. Pengfei Liu and the team! 👏 #Genetics #LabExcellence

Medical Genetics Multiomics Laboratory

The Medical Genetics Multiomics Laboratory (MGML) is an academic clinical genetic testing laboratory from Baylor College of Medicine. The MGML supports...

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · 25d

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Alvos of the Botas lab on your successful dissertation! Matthew’s dissertation was “Targeting SERPINs as a therapeutic strategy to ameliorate neurodegenerative disease.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · Sep 9

#DeepMVP improves the ability to predict gene #mutations that may lead to #disease. B. Zhang, C. Wang et al #naturemethods @bcmgenetics.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social #BCMCancerCenter blogs.bcm.edu/2025/09/09/f...

AI connects mutations, protein modifications and disease

The new AI tool, called DeepMVP, significantly outperforms previously published models and has implications for the development of novel therapeutics.

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Sep 5

The GReAT Job Award recipients for January - June 2025 are Darwin Argueta, Ashley Hirt, and Lauren Westerfield.

BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Sep 5

Genetic Resource Association of Texas (GReAT) Job Awards acknowledge @bcmhouston.bsky.social employees who go above and beyond regular job responsibilities in service of @bcmgenetics.bsky.social mission to transform medicine with the science and practice of genetics and genomics.

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to Dr. Shenglan Li who was named the recipient of the 2025 The Shan and Lee-Jun Wong Fellowship Award! This award provides support to senior postdocs & junior faculty who focus on mitochondrial and/or cancer biology, especially translational science & diagnostics.

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to the 2025 Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Family Achievement in Genetics award recipients: Dr. Lindsay Burrage, English Laserna, Jefferson Sinson, and Sherri Weaver!

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Family Achievement in Genetics Awards recognize scientific, clinical, educational, and service achievements of @bcmgenetics.bsky.social
faculty, students/trainees, and administrative staff.

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations to Dr. Pengfei Liu on receiving the 2025 Baylor College of Medicine Young Alumnus Award! Read more about this award and other alumni awards given by Baylor College of Medicine this past weekend. www.bcm.edu/news/baylor-...

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · Aug 26

Researchers at @bcmhouston.bsky.social have developed an #AI model that reveals how protein modifications link genetic #mutations to #disease. B Zhang, C Wang, B Wen, K Li et al. @natmethods.nature.com @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #BCMCancerCenter www.bcm.edu/news/ai-reve...

AI reveals how protein modifications link mutations to disease

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that reveals how protein modifications link genetic mutations...

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · Aug 27

New #AI model reveals how #proteinModifications link genetic #mutations to #disease. B Zhang, C Wang, B Wen, K Li et al. @natmethods.nature.com @bcmgenetics.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social #MedicalIndustryToday www.medicalindustrytoday.com/article/8433...

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Baylor College of Medicine @bcmhouston.bsky.social · Aug 24

Dr. Robert A. Waterland and his team find new insight into why some identical twins look and behave differently. #genes #twins

What makes some identical twins look and behave differently?

Metastable epialleles may sound like complex science, but they help explain why identical animals can still look and act differently. For years, scientists asked why two mice with identical DNA could ...

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · Aug 21

Computational tool helps determine if a condition such as #Parkinsons arises from several mutations or one rare variant. C. Shaw, J. Belmont, J. Shulman et al @riceuniversity.bsky.social @bcmhouston.bsky.social #TCHResearchNews @ajhgnews.bsky.social @bcmhgsc.bsky.social blogs.bcm.edu/2025/08/21/f...

Statistical tool reveals genetic drivers of complex human diseases paving the way for personalized genetic medicine

The Causal Pivot accounts for genetic diversity within a disease and can be adapted to the clinic of tomorrow.

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · Aug 21

The cells giving rise to new #neurons in the adult #brain have been elusive. M Maletic-Savatic, G. Cappuccio, W. Choi, F. Semerci, Z. Liu et al found a way to ID them. @bcmhouston.bsky.social #DuncanNRI @stemcellreports.bsky.social #TexasChildrensHospital www.bcm.edu/news/computa...

Computational approach meets biology to connect neural progenitor cells with human disorders

For much of the 20th century it was thought that the adult brain was incapable of regeneration. This view has since shifted dramatically and neurogenesis...

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congratulations to Dr. Sau Wai Cheung on receiving the 2025 ACGA Lifetime Achievement Award! This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of genetics and demonstrated exceptional leadership in advancing scientific research and education.

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From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @bcmfromthelabs.bsky.social · Aug 1

Drs. R Chen, HMJ Hussain et al have identified C19orf44 as a novel inherited #retinalDisease-associated #gene jmg.bmj.com/content/jmed... @bcmhouston.bsky.social @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #JMG_BMJ

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Jul 31

Congratulations to Dr. Brandon Garcia of the Posey lab on your successful dissertation! Brandon’s dissertation was “Retrieval-Augmented Phenotype Extraction with Large Language Models” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

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Elizabeth Atkinson @egatkinson.bsky.social · Jul 22

🚨 New perspective piece in @ajhgnews.bsky.social! 🚨
We developed a hands-on training resource for large-scale genomic data analysis in the All of Us Researcher Workbench, now published here:

The American Journal of Human Genetics @ajhgnews.bsky.social · Jul 22

📣Online now!
📄Implementing a training resource for large-scale genomic data analysis in the All of Us Researcher Workbench
🧑‍💻 @jasminebakerphd.bsky.social @egatkinson.bsky.social & co

Implementing a training resource for large-scale genomic data analysis in the All of Us Researcher Workbench

Baker et al. present a cloud-based training program using the All of Us Researcher Workbench to teach large-scale genomic data analysis. Early-career researchers gained hands-on experience in GWASs, q...

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BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics @bcmgenetics.bsky.social · Jul 17

Next Webinar for Health Professionals is Wednesday July 30 at 12 p.m. CST. "Red Flags of Genetics" featuring Amanda Gerard, M.S., C.G.C. of @bcmgenetics.bsky.social & Laura Buckner, M.Ed., L.P.C. of Texas Center for Disability Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. Register: bit.ly/4l8WbpA