Stephen Gonzalez - Human Biology Intro
Stephen shared his personal history in pursuing a career in genomics, and highlights important information regarding human genomics. With a family history of bicuspid heart valves, Stephen highlights research into Notch1 gene mutants and the impact of these gene variations on his family.
Lizzie Plender - The MUC5AC Chronicles
A genetic epic of breath, betrayal, and rspiratory redemption, Lizzie shares her research on MUC5AC and highlights the impact of long-read sequencing on gene analysis.
Malvika Tejura - Translating Lab Data to Clinical Insight: A Focus on Clinical Variant Interpretation
With a focus on Clinical Variant intepretation, Malvika discusses her work on high throughput functional assays for gene variant discovery.
Hank Cheng - Unraveling Genetic Mysteries: Long Read Transcript Sequencing and the Search for Pathogenic Variants
Hank shares his research using long-read sequencing to look for nonsense mediated decay and identify problematic gene variants that of MFN2.
Model Organisms for Genetic Research
Riku Yasutomi - Introduction to Model Organisms
Riku provides reasons for using a variety of model organisms for genetic research and highlights genetic research in drosophila (ie. flies).
Leah Anderson - Using experimental evolution to study freeze-thaw tolerance in S. carevisiae (Yeast)
Leah describes her research using yeast to identify genes that help cells survive cycles of freezing and thawing. Her research identified KEX genes as genes with variants that support freeze tolerance, and their interacts with other gene variants. Can her research help make better yeast for beer?
Clifford Rostomily - Who needs a COMPASS?
Clifford describes his research about uncovering where and when cells rely on epigentic regulation during development.
Connor Kubo - Reading the Genetic Instructions on Making the Human Body Plan
Connor describes his reaseach on gene expression patterns during gastrulation (early embryo development), and how gene knockouts modify body development using mouse models.
Career and Research Opportunities in Genomics
Zachary Amador - Fantastic Funding and Where to Find It
Atom Lesiak - Genomics Research Training for Data Scientists
Atom is the program manager for the UW Genomics Research Training for Data Scientists program, a NHGRI sponsored program to provide genomics research training for data scientists. More about the GRTDS Program
Careers in Genomics Panel - Moderator Atom Lesiak