2026 Symposium

On April 30 the UCLA Department of Human Genetics will host its third annual Emerging Genomic Scientist Symposium. Senior predoctoral and junior postdoctoral applicants have been selected from around the country to present cutting edge research in genetics and genomics. In addition to presenting their research at the symposium, the speakers have the opportunity to form short or long-term mentorship and collaboration relationships with UCLA researchers.

When: 8:30 am - noon, Thursday, April 30

Where: Mong Auditorium, Engineering VI, UCLA

Please register for this event here

Agenda
8:30am-9:30am: Coffee and Registration
9:30am-9:35am: Welcome
9:35am-noon: Talks
Noon-1:30pm: Lunch for those who register

For questions contact:

Jeanette Papp jcpapp@ucla.edu
Michael Wells mfwells@mednet.ucla.edu

Meet the 2026 Fellows!

Peiwei Chen

The infinite war: offenders and defenders in intragenomic conflicts 

Peiwei Chen

Cornell University

 

Renee Fonseca

Context-specific polygenic scores improve prediction and portability in complex human traits

Renée Fonseca

University of Chicago

Wilfredo_Gonzalez-Rivera

Admixture mapping identifies complex traits associations using local ancestry in the All of Us Research Program

Wilfredo Gonzalez Rivera

University of California, San Diego


Mitibketa Ilboudo

Integrative genomic, proteomic, and transcriptomic analysis from BMI to respiratory diseases

Yann Ilboudo

Harvard Medical School

Diya Yang

From Cortex to Cortex: Genetic links between kidney function and Alzheimer's disease across ancestries

Diya Yang

Case Western Reserve University


Meet the 2025 Fellows!

JP Flores

Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

JP Flores

Bryan Ramirez

Duckweed, a Multiplexable Model to Plant Response

Bryan Ramirez-Corona

Pragati Kore

Improved Allele Frequencies in gnomAD through Local Ancestry Inference

Pragati Kore

Jayati Sharma

Contextualizing Disease Risk: Genetic and Environmental Contributors to Cardiometabolic

Jayati Sharma

Michelle Li

Contextual Learning on Graphs for Precision Medicine

Michelle Li


Meet the 2024 Fellows!

Norma Hylton, MD-PhD student, Harvard/MIT

PANX1 activity regulates fetal architecture across cortical development

Norma Hylton

Jasmine Mack, PhD candidate, University of Cambridge

Genetic architecture, environmental influence: understanding autoimmune disorders and cardiometabolic disorders of pregnancy

Jasmine Mack

Nancy Paniagua, PhD student, Yale University

The Upstream Sequence Transcription Complex Dictates Nucleosome Environment at piRNA Genes in the C. elegans Germ Line

Nancy Paniagua

Roshni Patel, PhD student, Stanford University

Complex trait architecture across populations: opportunities and considerations

Roshni Patel

eyes robson, PhD Candidate, UC Berkeley

Genomic Al: Benchmarking Approaches and Fairness Risks

eyes robson