UIowa Genetics Graduate Program

Welcome to the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics at the University of Iowa!

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We had a great time at the University of Iowa's Genetics Retreat! Special thanks to our fantastic keynote speaker, @DrDanielleDick of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center and author of "The Child Code."

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Congrats to Lucas Pietan for defending his PhD thesis titled "Machine Learning Strategies for Discovering Genetic Patterns in Complex and Rare Conditions". Lucas was co-mentored by Dr. Thomas Casavant (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Dr. Benjamin Darbro (Pediatrics).

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Nathan Mohar (Wallrath Lab) was awarded 1st Place Poster at the 2024 Annual Pharmacological Sciences Research Retreat. The title of this poster was "SMAD7 is a modifier gene of LMNA-associated muscular dystrophy and implicates the SMAD pathway as a therapeutic target".

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Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Rohli for successfully defending her PhD! Her thesis is "Metabolic regulation of ER redox homeostasis maintains insulin granule formation in pancreatic beta-cells." She identified steps in insulin production that are defective in type II diabetes.

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Nathan Mohar (Wallrath Lab) gave an oral presentation titled "DNA sequence variation in SMAD7 enhances LMNA-associated skeletal muscle disease and implicates SMAD signaling as a therapeutic target" at the 2024 Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinical and Scientific Conference!

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Check out this news article about how Genetics student Kristen Rohli is addressing current puzzles about Type 2 diabetes. Great work! https://t.co/3gDz6aSNXJ

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Fantastic news – UI Genetics students are receiving international recognition.

Timothy Nguyen (@7imNg) (Van Otterloo Lab) has been selected as a presenter at the upcoming Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration Gordon Conference in Spain!

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Congratulations to graduate student Emily Adelizzi! Emily recently earned funding form the Univ. of Iowa's T. Anne Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowship. She will be visiting Max Plank Institute for Molecular Biomedicine in Munster, Germany for her research.

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Congratulations to graduate student Anna Carver (@DNAnnacarver) on a new publication! Anna is a PhD student working in Dr. Hanna Stevens's lab (@PsyNeuroDevLab).

Correlation of telomere length in brain tissue with peripheral tissues in living human subjects (Front Mol Neurosci).

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CONGRATULATIONS to Nate Mullin (@nadmullin) for a successful thesis seminar and defense!

The newly minted DR. Mullin is pictured with mentors Drs. Robert Mullins (@ChoroidLab) and Budd Tucker (@StemCellsEh).

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Congratulations to Jordan Mayberry from Dr. Markus Kuehn's Lab on her recent collaborative publication with Dr. Daniel Summers's Lab!

Loss of Sarm1 reduces retinal ganglion cell loss in chronic glaucoma

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Congratulations to Kristen Rohli from Dr. Sam Stephens's lab on her recent publication!

Loss of the Golgi-localized v-ATPase subunit does not alter insulin granule formation or pancreatic islet β-cell function.

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Congratulations to Omar Rabab'h on a successful comprehensive exam! Omar is a student in Dr. Ryan Boudreau's lab.

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Nate Mullin (Mullins' lab) received the Carver College of Medicine Trainee Scholar Travel Award for his first author publication "Multimodal single-cell analysis of nonrandom heteroplasmy distribution in human retinal mitochondrial disease."

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Congratulations to Yann Vanrobaeys (Ted Abel's lab) for his authored publication " Spatial transcriptomics reveals unique gene expression changes in different brain regions after sleep deprivation" https://t.co/4w7pXSCjU8

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Congratulations to Sara Mayer for successfully defending her thesis titled "Using animal models to examine mechanisms and treatments of Retinitis Pigmentosa"

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Congratulations to Sara Mayer for Successfully defending her thesis titled " Using Animal models to examine mechanisms and treatments of Retinitis Pigmentosa"

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Congratulations Emma for passing your Comps Exam!

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On November 9, 2023 Matt Miller successfully defended his thesis titled "Identification of molecular mechanisms driving skeletal muscle atrophy". Matt will now return to UI Carver College of Medicine to complete his medical degree as a part of the Medical Science Training Program

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On November 9, 2023 Matt Miller successfully defended his thesis titled "Identification of molecular mechanisms driving skeletal muscle atrophy". Matt will now return to UI Carver College of Medicine to complete his medical degree as a part of the Medical Science Training Program