BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
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The Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine is transforming medicine, research, and education in genetics and genomics.
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!
December 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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...
These 50+ Houston scientists rank among world’s most cited
Fifty-one scientists and professors from Houston-area universities and institutions were named among the most cited in the world for their research in medicine, materials sciences and an array of othe...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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)
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)
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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)
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...
2026 O'Donnell Awards Recipients - TAMEST
2026 O'Donnell Awards recipients are recognized for research contributions in medicine, engineering, science and technology innovation.
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December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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...
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!
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Center for Precision Medicine Models receives $10 million NIH grant
Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Precision Medicine Models has received a five-year, $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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!
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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...
Biochemical and clinical response to a sulfur-restricted diet in ethylmalonic encephalopathy
Ethylmalonic encephalopathy (EE) is an often-severe inborn error of metabolism caused by biallelic variants in the ETHE1 gene leading to impaired deto…
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November 3, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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...
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#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...
Fruit flies offer new insights into how human Alzheimer’s Disease risk genes affect the brain
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children’s Hospital offer...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
#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...
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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/...
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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/...
Tulika Singh
Studying why infections make some people sicker than others
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October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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.
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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.
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
October 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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
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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...
Researchers show benefit of ultra-deep RNA sequencing in Mendelian disorder diagnostics
RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) is a powerful tool in diagnosing Mendelian disorders, but the optimized sequencing depth for this technology has not yet been...
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October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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!
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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
October 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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
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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...
Neurons in a Huntington's brain
Dr. Juan Botas's lab integrates laboratory, animal model and computational approaches to gain a deeper understanding of Huntington's disease and other neurological disorders.
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October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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...
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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
First approved drug for mitochondrial disease could pave way for more treatments
Researchers are testing multiple treatments for the rare genetic conditions
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October 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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.
October 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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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#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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October 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
#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...