Human Genetics Dispatch
Human Genetics Dispatch includes a message from the Chair; summaries of various faculty, staff, and student accomplishments; notable publications; research news; collaborative projects; and medical genetics updates.
Dispatch Archives
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Addendum 1: Medical Genetics, March 2024 (a remarkable patient story)
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Addendum 2: ACMG 2024 (roundup of meeting)
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2025 Spotlight Story
New tool combines multiple data sources to detect tissue structures in cancer
Jian Hu, PhD, assistant professor of human genetics at Emory, collaborated with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania on the development of a new artificial intelligence-powered tool for analyzing tissue samples called MISO (Multi-modal Spatial Omics). MISO detects immune cells and subtle variations in tumor biopsies, and allows researchers to integrate several types of data, such as histology images and measurements of gene expression, and metabolic activity within cells.
"MISO enables researchers to integrate multi-modality molecular measurements with morphological imaging," Dr. Hu explains. "It can handle diverse multi-omics datasets of varying quality and uncover novel biological insights that cannot be revealed when analyzing each modality individually."
Archived News
2025
Steven Sloan earns 2025 Provost's Distinguished Teaching Award
Online journal launched at Emory for those who teach health professionals
Elizabeth Leslie selected for prestigious PECASE Award
Emily Peery and Azalea Lee receive Heyman Family awards supporting fragile X research
Stalking brain cancer's shapeshifters – and their healthy counterparts
2024
‘Test kitchen’ for brain organoids attracts chefs
2024 Faculty Recognitions Week Awardees
Rossana Sanchez Russo named to 2024 Top Hispanic & Latino Doctors list
Elizabeth Leslie and Jingjing Yang honored as top Emory researchers
Emily Allen honored by National Fragile X Foundation
Elizabeth Leslie honored for orofacial clefts research
NextGen biomedical internship program inspires creativity
Hong Li, Rossana Sanchez Russo, and William R. Wilcox named to Atlanta magazine's 2024 Top Doctors
Peng Jin named 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Emory Brain Organoid Hub Workshop, 10/14-10/18/24
Bing Yao and colleagues detail how depletion of TDP-43 facilitates neurodegenerative diseases
New faculty member: Jian Zhou, PhD
2023
Hong Li and William R. Wilcox named to Atlanta magazine's 2023 Top Doctors
In Memoriam: Genetic counselor and pioneer Cecelia Bellcross
Heyman Family Fragile X Trainee Fund
2022
Stephen T. Warren Memorial Symposium
NextGen gives high school students a peek at biomedical research
Hong Li & William Wilcox named Atlanta's Top Clinical Genetics Doctors in 2022
DOHG & DOMG celebrate Rare Diseases Day
Support the Stephen T. Warren Memorial Fund
2021:
Emory Genetics Clinic and CHOA join NORD Rare Disease Center of Excellence network
Maureen Sampson, PhD, named Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Fellow
Dawn Laney, PhD, honored by Emory School of Medicine as an outstanding faculty member
2020:
Emory Fragile X Center: $8 million NIH grant supports next-generation neuroscience