2026 Symposium

In Spring 2026 the UCLA Department of Human Genetics will host its third annual Emerging Genomic Scientist Symposium. Senior predoctoral and junior postdoctoral applicants will be 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 opening soon.

For questions contact:

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

Past Events:

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