We are thrilled to announce that Alexis joined the Quinlan Lab in September 2025. Her research focuses on leveraging genetic diversity and computational techniques to investigate the architecture of complex traits. Read more.
We are thrilled to announce that Christina Akirtava has joined the Marth Lab as a postdoctoral researcher! Her expertise will undoubtedly enhance our research efforts and contribute significantly to our ongoing projects.
Researchers including Lynn Jorde, PhD, Deborah Neklason, PhD and Aaron Quinlan, PhD, have created the most detailed atlas yet of how human DNA mutates across generations, uncovering that some regions of the genome change much faster than previously known. This work promises to improve genetic counseling and deepen insights into how genetic variation shapes health and biology. Read the full article here.
Bennet Peterson, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in human genetics at U of U Health, focused on how to quickly identify newborn patients who are most likely to benefit from whole-genome sequencing so that patients in need don’t fall through the cracks. Read more
One-U RAI Announces Inaugural Awardees: Seven Faculty Fellows and One Distinguished Visitor. Read More
This year’s Human Genetics Retreat took place on October 18-19, 2024 at Snowpine Lodge up Big Cottonwood Canyon. Thank you for your time during our Alta retreat, we are grateful for your engagement and for sharing your science and creative ideas to make our community even better.
Aaron Quinlan, PhD, has been appointed Chair of the Department of Human Genetics in the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at University of Utah Health, effective August 19, 2024. READ MORE
Isabel Serrano is a PhD Candidate in Computational Biology at the University of California, Berkeley will be joining the Quinlan Lab in October 2024!!
Harriet Dashnow starts a faculty job as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Camps on July 1st, 2024!! Read more.
NIH launches $140 million effort to investigate genetic variation in normal human cells and tissues. The National Institutes of Health is launching a new program, the Common Fund’s Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Network, that aims to transform our knowledge of how much genetic variation there is in the cells and tissues throughout our bodies. Somatic mosaicism is a type of genetic variation that arises when our somatic (non-reproductive) cells are genetically different from each other. This somatic genetic variation occurs when some of our cells accumulate DNA changes over time. Read more.
University of Utah Health scientists, Mark Yandell, PhD, and Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD, used artificial intelligence to better predict the onset and outcomes of heart disease
In collaboration with ARUP and U of U’s Center for Genomic Medicine, Mark Yandell from the Utah Center for Genetic Discovery use rapid whole genome…
Lynn B. Jorde, PhD, chair of U of U Health’s Department of Human Genetics, is studying how “jumping genes”, known as mobile elements, are capable…
Aaron Quinlan, PhD, associate director of the Utah Center for Genetic Discovery at University of Utah Health, is one of 32 selected proposals that were awarded…
Tom Sasani from the Quinlan lab talks about his recent work on this eLIFE podcast
UCGD analysts are participating in gene discovery research for the Penelope clinic.
Aaron Quinlan, Professor of Human Genetics, and Tom Sasani, a graduate student in the Quinlan lab at the Utah Center for Genetic Discovery, discuss the…
Drs. Gabor Marth, Co-Director of the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery, and Lorenzo Botto, Professor of Pediatrics, collaborate on the Penelope Program for rare and undiagnosed…
Aaron Quinlan and his graduate student, Jim Havrilla, from the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery, created a new genetic model that combs through thousands of…
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $3 million to The U of U Health, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania and…
