Each quarter, the Department of Genetics distributes a newsletter highlighting the latest news/events with Genetics.
From the latest publications and grants obtained, to the newest department members and social events, we aim to share the outstanding accomplishments and achievements while also focusing on what's to come.
For previous editions of the Department of Genetics Quarterly Newsletter, click below:
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2023 Newsletters
2023 Newsletters
Summer 2023
In this edition of the Newsletter, several new personnel join the department, while a former student joined the Medical Genomics Lab.This version of the Quarterly Newsletter highlights a consortium receiving an award from the Department of Defense, the National Institute of Health selecting a grant application aiming to advance biological understandings, and an upcoming genomic diagnostic lab.
A member of the Department of Genetics was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Society, and the Rare Disease Day Symposium commemorated its 10th year of existence.
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2022 Newsletters
2022 Newsletters
This edition highlights a novel form of gene regulation altered in bladder cancer, the impact of long-read sequencing, and the focus on the development of new targeted therapeutics that potentially improve the treatment of patients with advanced prostate cancer.
The edition of this newsletter focuses on how a transplant can potentially treat dying organs, as well as the winner of the Heersink School
of Medicine’s Featured Discovery.
Questions/Submissions for Newsletter
If you have questions, and/or looking to submit inputs for the next edition of the Genetics Quarterly Newsletter, please contact Communications Specialist Ryan McCain at ryanrmccain@uabmc.edu.