Congratulations to Mark Yandell on his One-U RAI Faculty Fellowship Award!!
One-U RAI Announces Inaugural Awardees: Seven Faculty Fellows and One Distinguished Visitor. 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
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…
Deb Neklason, Marcus Pezzolesi and John Bohnsack from the University of Utah are collaborating with Janssen Research and Development LLC to study colorectal cancer, diabetic…
Mark Yandell, PhD, Professor of Human Genetics and Co-Director of the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery, along with University of Utah collaborators and fellow UGP…
Ryan Layer, Ph.D., senior postdoctoral fellow in Aaron Quinlan’s lab at the Department of Human Genetics at U of U Health and the USTAR Center for…
Aaron Quinlan, PhD, Associate Professor of Human Genetics and Co-Director of the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery, and his graduate student, Tom Sasani, develop a…
Yi Qiao, PhD, in the Department of Human Genetics and the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery uses a computer algorithm to help clinicians treat cancer more effectively.
Mark Yandell, PhD, discussed the roles that VAAST and PHEVOR played in launching the Utah Genome Project.
Using three different software technologies including pVAAST and VAAST, developed at the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery at the University of Utah, investigators discovered a mutation in one gene, POLR2C, linked to a higher risk of premature menopause.
New work from the Shapiro and Yandell labs show that feathered feet in pigeons are more akin to wings at the molecular level.