Congratulations to Mudassir
Mudassir successfully defended his dissertation “Identifying candidate genes for neurodevelopmental disorders through convergent rare-variant analysis”. Congratulations Dr. Lodi!
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Congratulations to Mahek and Weijun
Mahek and Weijun passed their Ph.D. Qualifying Exam 1. Congratulations!
Congratulations to our senior students!
This year we have the privilege to have two graduating seniors in the lab. Both of them have accomplished their degrees with flying colors. Nazir Qureshi: Major: Computer Science, Biological … Read More
New Publication: Narrow Versus Broad Phenotype Definitions Affect Genetic Analysis of Language Phenotypes
Our study on the language phenotype analyses in the NJLAGS cohort is published in Genes. Congrats to Mudassir and all co-authors!
Welcome new lab members
We are welcoming several new members for the summer. Louise Castillo is an MMG master student who will be doing a lab rotation with us. Talha Sohail is an undergraduate … Read More
New Grant: Understanding genetic risk for aneuploid conception in IVF patients
We are awarded a research grant from the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies. The project will focus on identifying genetic variants that increase egg aneuploidy risk in IVF patients.
New Publication: Identifying embryo aneuploidy risk genes using whole-exome sequencing data
Our study on identifying embryo aneuploidy risk genes using whole-exome sequencing data is published in PNAS. The study is featured on [Rutgers Today]. Congrats to all co-authors!
New Grant: Disease gene discovery by Markovian gene network
In collaboration with Dr. Min Xu at the Department of Statistics, we are awarded a NIH grant from DMS/NIGMS . The project will focus on developing new methods to identify … Read More
Welcome new lab members
We are welcoming several new members for the fall. Jumaporn (Ying) Sonongbua is a visiting PhD student from Thailand under the Fulbright program. Lionel Sequeira and Nazir Qureshi are undergraduate … Read More
New Grant: Disease Gene Discovery on Gene Interaction Networks
In collaboration with Dr. Min Xu at the Department of Statistics, we are awarded a Life Sciences Alliance Pilot Seed Funding grant from the Life Sciences Alliance Task Force at … Read More