Past Medical Genetics Seminars

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Seminar speakers include local faculty, trainees, and external invited guests. Topics include review of current clinical advances in medical genetics and genomic technologies.

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  • Every Friday 12:30-1:30pm in Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters.
  • Held in person in HSB K-069 and via Zoom

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Jan 30
Robin Bennett, MS, LGC, PhD Hon
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Jan 23
Kathleen Leppig, MD
"A 20-Year Medical Genetics and Genomics Partnership with Viet Nam""
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Jan 16
Jessica Young, PhD
"SORL1 genetics and Alzheimer's disease"
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Jan 9
Elizabeth Blue, PhD
"Primary and secondary effects of APOE on disease risk"
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Nov 14
Guanghao Qi, PhD
"Transcriptome-wide association studies at cell-state level using single-cell eQTL data"
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Oct 31
Priyanka Kumari, PhD
"Identification of functional non-coding variants associated with orofacial cleft"
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Oct 24
2025-2026 Samir Deeb Memorial Lecture: Russell Van Gelder, MD, PhD
“ Retinal reanimation: reversing blindness from hereditary retinal degeneration ”
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Oct 10
Saori Sakaue, MD, PhD
“Integrating genetics and single-cell genomics to define causal mechanisms of complex diseases”
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May 16
Jonathan Marquez, MD, PhD
"Using High Resolution Spatiotemporal Transcriptomics to Characterize Nascent Cystogenesis in Polycystic Kidney Disease"
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