Today is the day the diagnostic odyssey ends. #GDF11. Thank you UDN and From the Labs at Baylor College of Medicine. This illustrates the need for complete sustainability of the UDN. UDN PEER @NIHDirector Amy Klobuchar rdcu.be/cmheX

Check out UDN PEER member Sarah interview with Hugo Bellen and Shinya Yamamoto on the Model Organism Screen Centers of the Undiagnosed Disease Network! genestogenomes.org/interview-with…

New in Genetics in Medicine! Heterozygous loss-of-function variants significantly expand the phenotypes associated with loss of GDF11 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34113007/ #GDF11

If only google.....

I am delighted to say I successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis! So thankful for all who have helped me get here and to my lab mates for this kind signed gift to remind me of my work!

This is your PSA to always strap in your Whataburger® and avoid an emergency stop of sadness.

Loss of function GDF11 alleles can affect the development of numerous organs and tissues leading to an expansion of presenting phenotypes bit.ly/3jmhNBt #neurology #cardiogen #genetics

A couple weeks late but I'm excited to share that I'm a postdoc associate now! Still loyal to the fruit fly, I'll be working at the HHMI | Janelia campus in Virginia with Gerry Rubin. I'm grateful for this oppurtunity to work in such an awesome environment.

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New science! Congrats to Paul Marcogliese and Debdeep Dutta for this great work that I was fortunate to help on! See Paul's thread for more info :)

Drs. H Bellen, Paul Marcogliese, Debdeep Dutta, UDN et al identified #Wnt signaling as a target in #NEDAMSS disorder Science Advances #iDreamforACure TCHResearchNews BCM Department of Molecular and Human Genetics blogs.bcm.edu/2022/02/08/fro… via BCMHouston

Upgrade by Blake Crouch is a delight to read, a great sci-fi thriller! It also follows genetic research and a guy from Northern Virginia.... which, being a geneticist in Northern Virginia, wasn't hard to relate to!

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