Emerging Genomic Scientist Symposium
On April 17, 2025 the UCLA Department of Human Genetics will host its second 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 will have the opportunity to form short or long-term mentorship and collaboration relationships with UCLA researchers.
Registration is now closed. Please join us next year!
Thursday, April 17, 2025
8:30am - 1:30pm
UCLA Luskin Conference Center, Laureate Room
Speakers:
- Michelle M. Li | Harvard University
- Contextual Learning on Graphs for Precision Medicine
- JP Flores | UNC Chapel Hill
- Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions
- Jayati Sharma | Johns Hopkins University
- Contextualizing Disease Risk: Genetic and Environmental Contributors to Cardiometabolic Traits
- Pragati Kore | Baylor College of Medicine
- Improved Allele Frequencies in gnomAD through Local Ancestry Inference
- Bryan Ramirez-Corona | University of Washington
- Duckweed, a Multiplexable Model to Plant Response
Agenda
8:30am-9:30am: Registration and light breakfast
9:30am-9:35am: Welcome
9:35am-10:00am: Michelle M. Li
10:00am-10:25am: JP Flores
10:25am-10:40am: Break
10:40am-11:05am: Jayati Sharma
11:05am-11:30am: Pragati Kore
11:30am-11:55am: Bryan Ramirez-Corona
12:00pm-1:30pm: Lunch at Plateia provided for first 50 who register
For questions contact:
Jeanette Papp jcpapp@ucla.edu
Michael Wells mfwells@mednet.ucla.edu
Meet the 2025 Fellows!

JP Flores
UNC Chapel Hill
Hyperosmotic stress induces complete rewiring of chromatin interactions

Bryan Ramirez-Corona
University of Washington
Duckweed, a Multiplexable Model to Plant Response

Pragati Kore
Baylor College of Medicine
Improved Allele Frequencies in gnomAD through Local Ancestry Inference

Jayati Sharma
Johns Hopkins University
Contextualizing Disease Risk: Genetic and Environmental Contributors to Cardiometabolic

Michelle Li
Harvard University
Contextual Learning on Graphs for Precision Medicine
Past Events:
Meet the 2024 Fellows!

PANX1 activity regulates fetal architecture across cortical development
Norma Hylton

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

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

Complex trait architecture across populations: opportunities and considerations