BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics

The Department of Molecular and Human Genetics at @BCMHouston is transforming medicine, research, and education in genetics and genomics.

[From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine @BCMFromtheLabs]

Check out this interview with Dr. H. Zoghbi about the Duncan Neurological Research Institute turning 15 years old. It's beginnings, exciting achievements and future led by the spirit of collaboration. @bcmhouston @TexasChildrens @bcmgenetics @BeckersHR https://t.co/t1lSpPBXdl

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Congratulations to Dr. Amber Nakar Weinstein on her 2026 Rare Organic Acidemias Research Consortium Fellowship Award!

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Congratulations to the 2026 North American Mitochondrial Disease Consortium Summer Gateway to Mitochondrial Medicine Grant Award winner, Dr. Dan Brooks!

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.@bcmgenetics had a strong presence at this year’s @HarringtonDI_UH Scientific Symposium in Cleveland, Ohio. Pictured: Harrington Scholars Dr. Mingshan Xue, Dr. Hamed Jafar-Nejad, and Dr. Pengfei Liu.

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@bcmhouston Congratulations to Dr. Igna Van den Veyver for being appointed the Henry and Emma Meyer Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Daisuke Nakada on being appointed to the Henry and Emma Meyer Professorship in Molecular Genetics. Read more about the awards: https://t.co/SuLkJl0nNT

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Yesterday was Faculty Awards Day 2026 @bcmhouston. @bcmgenetics is excited to share the names of all faculty who won awards...

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Congratulations to Dr. Chaya Murali (@chayasays) on her Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care and Dr. Shweta Dhar on her Master Clinician Award!

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Congratulations to Dr. Sandesh Nagamani on his Ben and Margaret Love Foundation Bobby Alford Award for Academic Clinical Professionalism! The award recognizes a physician at Baylor for professionalism, humanism, & the ability to model these qualities in the practice of medicine.

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Happy #ClinicalTrialsDay! Today we celebrate our nurses, coordinators, lab staff, & investigators for their dedication, resilience, & passion for advancing healthcare! Your expertise & commitment to excellence make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients & families.

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Congratulations to Dr. Janel Peterson of the Cooper lab on your successful dissertation! Janel's dissertation was “Identification of pathogenic smooth muscle mechanisms contributing to DM1 gastrointestinal dysmotility” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

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Thank you to all who joined us for Family Day at The Health Museum on May 9. Special thanks to NORD’s Texas Rare Action Network and sponsors @sanofi and Natera. Great to share valuable resources such as the UDN with patients & their families. #RareDisease #CommunityEngagement

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Congratulations to Dr. Brooke Horist @bhorist8 of the Xue lab on your successful dissertation! Brooke's dissertation was “Disease Mechanism and Genetic Therapy for a Pathogenic STXBP1 Variant” 🥳 #genetics #genomics #PhD

[DNA Today: A Genetics Podcast @DNATodayPodcast]

"It’s not one-size-fits-all." 🧬

@BaylorGenetics’s Dr. Christine Eng explains why the "Enhanced Genome" is vital for personalizing #patientcare.

Search “DNA Today” in your podcast app to stream Episode 393.

#Genomics #PrecisionMedicine #WGS

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In April's J Rare Dis, @sarah_elsea w/colleagues report a newly validated, caregiver‑informed tool to assess food‑related behaviors in Smith‑Magenis syndrome, supporting more accurate outcome tracking in future clinical trials. @bcmhouston #smithmagenis https://t.co/xHpnz6mRTz

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NORD's Texas Rare Action Network, @bcmgenetics & Texas Children's invite rare disease community members to join us this Sat. May 9, 11-2 p.m. for Family Day at The Health Museum. Special thanks to our Platinum Sponsor @sanofi @RareDiseases Register: https://t.co/DC59SVedik

[Audra Iness, MD, PhD @AudraIness]

Happy DNA Day! 🧬
Had a great time drawing pedigrees with next generation of DNA docs! 🩺 Thank you to the Health Museum for having me.
@bcmgenetics

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Tomorrow, April 25, is #DNADay! Marking the discovery of the DNA double helix & the completion of the Human Genome Project. Cheers to the scientists, clinicians, educators, and trainees working to better understand our #DNA and improve human health!

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Congratulations to Dr. Ryan Dhindsa (@ryan_dhindsa), who has received the Cure One, Cure Many Award from @ABFbrain. With support from this $2 million grant, Dhindsa will study potential connections between viral infections & Alzheimer’s disease. https://t.co/FwVjSMW5e6