Throwback Thursday! This January is 15 years since the Hui Zheng lab’s video “Bad Project” rocked the biomed ed world. First shown at the 2011 @bcmgenetics.bsky.social annual retreat, it later made Forbes’ Top 10 Science Parody Music Videos in 2020 & has 4.9M views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl4L...

Congratulations to Dr. Zian Liao of the Matzuk lab on your successful dissertation! Zian’s dissertation was “Elucidating the Mechanisms of Female Infertility: From Preclinical Insights to Therapies Targeting Endometriosis.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

From the the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics team to yours, wishing you Happy Holidays and a 2026 filled with new opportunities, continued collaboration, and shared success. Thank you for being part of our journey this year!

Congratulations to Dr. Richard Gibbs, Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck and Dr. James Versalovic for being named among the most cited researchers in the world! houston.innovationmap.com/2025-most-ci...

Congratulations to last week's @bcmhouston.bsky.social Graduate School of Biomedical Science Awards Recipients: Best Course in Genetics & Genomics went to Method & Logic in Genetics & Genomics (Course Directors: Drs Ross Poche & Shinya Yamamoto)

Congratulations to Dr. Pengfei Liu on his 2026 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Medicine from the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology (TAMEST)! Read the award announcement and watch the video spotlight on Dr. Liu: tamest.org/odonnell-awa...

Shout out to Dr. Nikhita Gogate of the Posey & Gibbs labs. Congratulations on your successful dissertation! Nikhita’s dissertation was “Deciphering Rare Diseases: Genomic and Phenotypic Complexities.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

Congratulations to Dr. Andy Rivera-Munoz of the Posey lab on your successful dissertation! Andy’s dissertation was “Advancing Rare-Disease Genomics for Diagnosing Developmental Disorders.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

Congratulations to the Center for Precision Medicine Models Team @bcmhouston.bsky.social on receiving a 5 year $10 Million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue its work using precision models to study #RareDisease! www.bcm.edu/news/center-...

In a new study on ethylmalonic encephalopathy, published in Mol Genet Metab Rep. shows that a low-sulfur diet had only a small effect in patients already treated with antibiotics, supplements, and liver transplant. Dr. Fernando Scaglia is senior author. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#FruitFlies offer new insights into how human #AlzheimersDisease risk #genes affect the #brain. J. Deger, J. Shulman, H. Bellen et al. #bcmneurology #bcm_neurosci @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #TCHResearchNews @ajhgnews.bsky.social www.bcm.edu/news/fruit-f...

Are you interested in the link between #polyglutamine and #neurodegeneration? E. Villavicencio & H. Zoghbi have just published a #review about it. @jem.org @bcmhouston.bsky.social #TexasChildrens @bcmgenetics.bsky.social @bcmneurosci.bsky.social rupress.org/jem/article/...

Congratulations to Dr. Tulika Singh of the 2024-2025 class of the @bcmhouston.bsky.social All of Us Biomedical Scholars Program and the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, who was just named a 2025 @statnews.com Wunderkind! www.statnews.com/wunderkinds/...

The Susan Fernbach Lecture for Humanism in Genetics was established in her honor for her outreach efforts for the genetics community. James G. Robinson, the author of More than We Expected: Five Years with a Remarkable Child, delivered the 2025 lecture this past Friday.

Congratulations to Dr. Morgan Stephens of the Botas lab on your successful dissertation! Morgan’s dissertation was “Computational, Functional, and Mechanistic Investigations Identify Novel Therapeutic Targets for Alzheimer’s Disease.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

Oct. is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We honor those affected by highlighting the importance of awareness, early detection, & research. While anyone can be at risk, genetics play a powerful role in understanding that risk. Visit Consultagene for info: consultagene.org/news

Congratulations to Dr. Duncan Fox of the Jafar-Nejad lab on your successful dissertation! Duncan’s dissertation was “The Role of SOX4 in Biliary Development and as an Effective Therapeutic Target in Alagille Syndrome.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #phd

Researchers show benefit of ultra-deep #RNA sequencing in #Mendelian disorder #diagnostics. PF Liu et al @bcmhouston.bsky.social @bcmgenetics.bsky.social @ajhgnews.bsky.social www.bcm.edu/news/researc...

Tuesday night's @bcmgenetics.bsky.social and Baylor Genetics party was a great way to kick off #ASHG25 conference in Boston, MA. If you are at ASHG, visit the Baylor Genetics at booth 556!

Check out posters from the Baylor Genetics Team at #ASHG25 Halls A & B 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET Wed: Maddie Gillentine PhD & Weimin Bi, PhD; Thurs: Darwin Argueta, MS, CGC, NIkhita Gogate PhD, & Mei Ling Chong, PhD; Friday: Rob Rigobello, MS, CGC, Keri Callegari, PhD, & Haowei Du, Msc, PhD #ASHG2025

Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Wang of the Cheng lab on your successful dissertation! Nicole’s dissertation was “Unveiling the mechanisms of circulating tumor cell clustering.” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

The #ImageoftheMonth is a view through the microscope of #neurons from the brain cortex of a mouse model of #HuntingtonsDisease, courtesy of Dr. Juan Botas Lab. @bcmhouston.bsky.social @bcmgenetics.bsky.social #TCHResearchNews blogs.bcm.edu/2025/10/14/f...

First approved drug for #mitochondrialDisease could pave way for more treatments. @bcmhouston.bsky.social researcher Dr. F. Scaglia comments on these emerging new treatments tinyurl.com/jb8bu2pd @bcmgenetics.bsky.social @science.org

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.

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

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

#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...

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

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...

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

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

#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...

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.

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-...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

🚨 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:

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

Webinar for Health Professionals TODAY at 12 pm CST The Basics of Genetic Testing for Young Children with Congenital Heart Disease featuring Emily Soludczyk, M.S., C.G.C. @bcmgenetics.bsky.social & Laura Buckner, M.Ed., L.P.C. of UT Texas Center for Disability Studies Register: bit.ly/4m4GUq7

Congratulations to the 2025 graduating class of @bcmgenetics Medical Residency and Clinical Laboratory Fellowship Programs! Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship: Veronica Ortiz, Ph.D. & Amir Hossein Saeidian, Ph.D., Pediatric/Genetics Residency: Ryan Difalco, M.D. and Dan Brooks, M.D.,...

Learn about Careers in Genetics and Genomics, Thurs, July 17 at Noon CST featuring Dr. Debra Murray, Dr. Juan Botas, Dr. Ronit Marom, Dr. Chaya Murali, Miavonna Craig, M.S., C.G.C., medical student Alicia Ljungdahl & graduate student Grace Tietz. Sign up: bit.ly/4lImJOx

Congratulations to Dr. Alice Wen of the Herman lab on your successful dissertation! Alice’s dissertation was “Antibiotics Stimulate Proteome Transfer to Persister Cells” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

Congratulations to Dan Brooks who received a 2025 Academy of Resident and Fellow Educators Excellence Award! The award given by @bcmhouston recognizes residents & fellows who make outstanding contributions in the areas of well-being, education, community engagement, & leadership.

Last Friday during a ceremony hosted by the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation, Dr. Fernando Scaglia had the honor of posthumously presenting the 2025 UMDF Vanguard Award to Dr. Lee-Jun Wong. The award was accepted by her children, Dr. Hansie Wong and Inyork Wong.