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Graham Erwin
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Erwin receives NIH New Innovator Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Graham Erwin who has been awarded a 2025 National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award.
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Pengfei Liu
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Liu receives the 2025 Young Alumnus Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Pengfei Liu on receiving the 2025 海角社区 Young Alumnus Award!
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Sau Wai Cheung
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Cheung receives the 2025 ACGA Lifetime Achievement Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Sau Wai Cheung on receiving the 2025 Association of Chinese Geneticists in America (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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Li and Zhang both honored with DeBakey Research Award

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Congratulations to Dr. Hongjie Li and Dr. Lilei Zhang on your 2025 DeBakey Excellence in Research Awards. Dr. Hongjie Li has been honored for his work on the Fly Atlas and Dr. Lilei Zhang has been honored for her work on cardiac metabolism. 

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Jafar-Nejad named to 2025 class of Harrington Scholar-Innovators

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Congratulations to Dr. Hamed Jafar-Nejad on your 2025 Scholar-Innovator Award from the Harrington Discovery Institute! 

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Yamamoto receives the 2025 Genetics Society of America Early Career Medal

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Dr. Shinya Yamamoto was awarded the 2025 Genetics Society of America Early Career Medal for outstanding contributions to the field of genetics. Congratulations Shinya!

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Researchers show benefit of ultra-deep RNA sequencing in Mendelian disorder diagnostics -
Dr. Graham Erwin receives NIH New Innovator Award -
Researchers develop new tool to improve accuracy of genetic testing -
NIH awards more than $15 million to fund two rare diseases consortia -
New statistical tool reveals hidden genetic pathways in complex diseases -
Integrative exome sequencing and machine learning identify new genes contributing to systemic sclerosis risk -
Study reveals new indicators for HER2+ breast cancer response to therapy -
A new treatment for patients with Alagille syndrome -
FDA IND Clearance for STXBP1-developmental and epileptic encephalopathy therapy -
Study reveals impacts of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease on the whole body -
Rare variants in GPKOW associated with multisystemic X-linked developmental disorder -
Integrative approach reveals promising candidates for AD risk factors or targets for treatments -
New CDKL genes linked to neurodevelopmental disorders -
Baylor researchers develop and validate clinical diagnostic RNA sequencing test -
Child with rare epileptic disorder receives long-awaited diagnosis -
FunMap reveals a functional network of genes and proteins in human cancer -
BCM receives $3.5 million to study telehealth genetic services for sick, underserved newborns -
ClinGen advances knowledge of clinical relevance of genes and variants -
Three 海角社区 faculty earn NIH Innovator Awards -
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Kenneth Scott Mentor Award 2024 went to Jennifer Posey
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Dr. Brendan Lee presenting the 2024 Kenneth Scott Mentor Award
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Department Endowed Awards

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Annual Department Awards

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Best Talk
English Laserna (Poche Lab): A New Methyl Mark Regulating Neuronal Function 鈥淲ritten鈥 on Microtubules by the Histone Methyltransferase NSD3/MES-4

Best Paper (Trainee Category)
Catherine Bradley (Herman Lab): Bradley CC, Wang C, Gordon AJE, Wen AX, Luna PN, Cooke MB, Kohrn BF, Kennedy SR, Avadhanula V, Piedra PA, Lichtarge O, Shaw CA, Ronca SE, Herman C. . Nat Microbiol. 2024 May; 9(5): 1382-1392.

Best Paper (Post Doc Category) 
Lindsey Goodman (Bellen Lab): Goodman LD, Ralhan I, Li X, Lu S, Moulton MJ, Park YJ, Zhao P, Kanca O, Ghaderpour Taleghani ZS, Jacquemyn J, Shulman JM, Ando K, Sun K, Ioannou MS, Bellen HJ.  . Nat Neurosci. 2024 Oct; 27(10): 1918-1933.

Best Paper (Open Category) 
Olga Dudchenko (Aiden Lab): Sandoval-Velasco M, Dudchenko O, (...), Aiden EL. . Cell. 2024 Jul 11; 187(14): 3541-3562.e51. 

Clinical Resident Award
Ryan Difalco

Laboratory Fellow Award
Veronica Ortiz

Excellent Metabolic Genetics Attending
V. Reid Sutton

Excellent Pediatric Genetics Attending
Seema Lalani

Excellent Adult Genetics Attending
Reza Bekheirnia

Excellent Reproductive Genetics Attending
April Adams

Excellent Research Mentor
Fernando Scaglia

Excellent Educator
Lindsay Burrage

Excellent Metabolic Dietician
Nathaly Aquino

Excellent Genetic Counseling
Emily Magness

Baylor Genetics Excellence in Teaching
Jan Smith
Qin Sun

Baylor Genetics Service
Nichole Owen

Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program Outstanding Lecturer 
Daryl Scott (Human Genetics)

Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program Bravo Award (Teaching Assistant)
Morgan Stephens

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