BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics

09/30/2025

Baylor College of Medicine has received more than 15 million from the National Institutes of Health to renew the Brittle Bone Disorders Consortium (BBDC) and to launch the Rare Organic Acidemias Research (ROAR) Consortium.

The funding is to renew the Brittle Bone Disorders Consortium for five years and to launch the Rare Organic Acidemias Research Consortium.

09/29/2025

Big news! The Medical Genetics Multiomics Lab at Baylor College of Medicine has earned CAP accreditation, recognizing its excellence in lab quality and patient care. Congrats to Dr. Pengfei Liu and the team! 👏

Learn more about the MGML:

The Medical Genetics Multiomics Laboratory (MGML) is an academic clinical genetic testing laboratory from Baylor College of Medicine. The MGML supports...

09/17/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Alvos of the Botas lab on your successful dissertation! Matthew’s dissertation was “Targeting SERPINs as a therapeutic strategy to ameliorate neurodegenerative disease.” 🥳

09/05/2025

Genetic Resource Association of Texas (GReAT) Job Awards acknowledge Baylor College of Medicine and academic affiliate employees who go above and beyond regular job responsibilities in service of the Department's mission to transform medicine with the science and practice of genetics and genomics. The GReAT Job Award recipients for January - June 2025 are Darwin Argueta, Ashley Hirt, and Lauren Westerfield.

09/05/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Shenglan Li who was named the recipient of the 2025 The Shan and Lee-Jun Wong Fellowship Award! This award provides support to senior postdocs & junior faculty who focus on mitochondrial and/or cancer biology, especially translational science & diagnostics.

09/05/2025

The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Family Achievement in Genetics Awards recognize scientific, clinical, educational, and service achievements of the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics faculty, students/trainees, and administrative staff.

Congratulations to the 2025 Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Family Achievement in Genetics award recipients: Dr. Lindsay Burrage, English Laserna, Jefferson Sinson, and Sherri Weaver!

09/03/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Pengfei Liu on receiving the 2025 Baylor College of Medicine Young Alumnus Award! Read more about this award and other alumni awards given by Baylor College of Medicine this past weekend. https://www.bcm.edu/news/baylor-celebrates-12-alumni-and-faculty-for-excellence-in-patient-care-research-and-education

08/19/2025

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.

07/31/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Brandon Garcia of the Posey lab on your successful dissertation! Brandon’s dissertation was “Retrieval-Augmented Phenotype Extraction with Large Language Models” 🥳

07/17/2025

Next Webinar for Health Professionals is Wednesday July 30 at 12 p.m. CST. "Red Flags of Genetics" featuring Amanda Gerard, M.S., C.G.C. of Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine & Laura Buckner, M.Ed., L.P.C. of Texas Center for Disability Studies at The University of Texas at Austin Register: https://bit.ly/4l8WbpA

07/03/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 graduating class of Medical Residency and Clinical Laboratory Fellowship Programs! Veronica Ortiz, Ph.D. (Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship), Amir Hossein Saeidian, Ph.D. (Laboratory Genetics and Genomics Fellowship), Ryan Difalco, M.D. (Pediatric/Genetics Residency), Andres Caceres Salgado, M.D. (Medical Genetics Residency), Ruiyang Yi, M.D. (Internal Medicine/Genetics Residency); Not Photographed: Chelsi Rose, D.O. (Medical Biochemical Genetics Fellowship), Taylor Kerrins, M.D. (Medical Genetics Residency) and Dan Brooks M.D. (Pediatric Genetics Residency)

Mentors photographed: Dr. Nichole Owen, Dr. Lorraine Potocki, Dr. Yishay Ben Moshe, and Dr. Kevin Glinton. Program Leadership photographed: Dr. Chaya Murali, Dr. Lindsay Burrage, Dr. Nichole Owen, clinical laboratory fellowship program director, Dr Pengfei Liu, residency program director, Dr. Reid Sutton, and department chair, Dr. Brendan Lee

07/03/2025

Learn about Careers in Genetics and Genomics, Thurs, July 17 at Noon CST featuring Dr. Debra Murray, Dr. Juan Botas, Dr. Ronit Marom, Dr. Chaya Murali, Miavonna Craig, M.S., C.G.C., medical student Alicia Ljungdahl & graduate student Grace Tietz. Sign up: http://bit.ly/4lImJOx