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The 2nd Gary D. Stormo Computational & Systems Biology Lecture and the announcement of the 2025 Stormo Fellow

The Department of Genetics recently hosted the 2nd Gary D. Stormo Computational & Systems Biology Lecture, featuring keynote speaker Timothy Hughes, PhD, who presented his talk, “Codebook: sequence specificity of human transcription factors.” As part of the event, the department proudly announced this year’s Stormo Fellowship in Computational and Systems Biology recipient: Jennie Yao, a PhD student in the labs of Dr. Obi Griffith and Dr. Malachi Griffith.

Graduate Student Emma Casey Awarded Prestigious CMB T32 Training Grant

Graduate student Emma Casey of the Jin lab has been appointed to the Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) T32 Training Grant, a competitive program funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Postdoc Profile: Anjali Yadav

Below we are going to delve into Anjali Yadav’s background, hobbies and research aspirations. What are you investigating? In our lab, we study how metabolism affects epigenetic regulation of gene expression in the brain, particularly in the context of substance use disorders, development, and neurodegeneration. My project specifically focuses on understanding how alcohol-derived acetate influences […]

Saintilnord, Reynolds named exceptional early-career research fellows (Links to an external site)

WashU Medicine postdoctoral researchers Wesley Saintilnord, PhD, in the Department of Genetics (left) and Matthew Reynolds, PhD, in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (right) have been named Jane Coffin Childs Fellows. The prestigious award supports early-career scientists conducting biomedical research that could inform the cause and treatment of human disease.

Phillips-Cremins named BJC investigator (Links to an external site)

Jennifer E. Phillips-Cremins, PhD, an international leader in understanding 3D genome structure and how it affects brain development and neurological diseases, has been named a BJC Investigator at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Phillips-Cremins will join the Department of Genetics as the James McDonnell Professor and have a dual appointment in the Department of Neuroscience.

Dutcher elected to National Academy of Sciences (Links to an external site)

Dr. Susan Dutcher, professor of genetics and of cell biology and physiology is one of 120 members and 30 international members recently newly elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Election to the academy is considered one of the highest honors accorded a U.S. scientist or engineer.

Study examines overlap in causes of cancer, neurodevelopmental disorders (Links to an external site)

A new research, led by Genetics Assistant Professor, Tychele Turner, used the Google DeepMind tool AlphaFold and their own newly developed computational tools to model the disease-causing changes to proteins in almost 40,000 families with neurodevelopmental disorders and in more than 10,000 sequenced tumors representing five cancer types. This research was recently published in the journal Cell Genomics.

WashU Medicine Department of Genetics Celebrates 50 Years of Innovation in Genomics

The Department of Genetics at Washington University School of Medicine marked a significant milestone on April 24th, 2025 with its 50th Anniversary Symposium, held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center and Moore Auditorium. The event brought together past and present faculty, students, and postdoctoral researchers to celebrate the department’s rich history and its ongoing contributions to the field of genetics and genomics.​