Department of Genetics Publications for September 2025

October 13, 2025

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 33 papers in September 2025.

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Tsagaratou Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

October 3, 2025

Dr. Ageliki Tsagaratou has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective September 26, 2025.

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Kelada Receives New R01 Grant from NIEHS

October 2, 2025

Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor) was awarded a new R01 grant from NIEHS for his project titled “Discovery of gene-by-air pollution interactions in respiratory disease using genetically diverse mice with validation in humans”.

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Mohlke Awarded New RC2 Grant from NIDDK

October 2, 2025

Dr. Karen Mohlke (Professor) received a new RC2 award from NIDDK, designed to fund ambitious, interdisciplinary, and high-risk/high-reward projects.

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Stein Receives New Grant from NIH Office of the Director

October 2, 2025

Dr. Jason Stein (Associate Professor, Genetics and Neuroscience) was awarded a new Other Transaction (OT2) from the NIH Office of the Director for his project titled “Modeling autism-associated gene-by-environment interactions in human brain organoids”.

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Liu Receives New Innovator Award from NIAID

October 2, 2025

Dr. Qingyun Liu (Assistant Professor) has been awarded a DP2 New Innovator Award from NIAID for his project titled “Population genomics-guided dissection of the bacterial genetic basis of tuberculosis transmissibility”.

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Genetics Chair Awarded Academic Investment Funds for Genetic QC Program

September 29, 2025

Dr. Fernando Pardo Manuel de Villena (Professor and Chair, Genetics) was awarded Academic Investment Funds from the School of Medicine for his application titled “Pilot program to elevate genetic quality control standards and increase rigor and reproducibility of mouse-based research”.

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Dr. Eric Hurwitz Recognized with Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence

September 29, 2025

Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars.

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Sun and Li Publish in Nature Reviews Genetics

September 24, 2025

Quan Sụn (Doctoral Student, Biostatistics) and Dr. Yun Li (Professor, Genetics and Biostatistics) published “Advances in haplotype phasing and genotype imputation” in Nature Reviews Genetics.

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Jayna Nicholas Awarded NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship from NHLBI

September 15, 2025

Jayna Nicholas, GMB PhD Student, has been awarded a NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from NHLBI, for her project titled “Cross-Ancestry Comparison of Aptamer and Antibody Proteomics Measures”.

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