Journal Club
Fall 2026 - Gene x Environment Interactions
September 23: Organization and Responsible Conduct of Research Discussion
Introductions, GTP advising committee, Program expectations, Selection of Fall topic.
Disucssion: What belongs in a paper? How should we evaluate published work?
September 30: Gianna Elias (Chavez Lab)
Namba et al. (2026) A cross-population compendium of gene–environment interactions. Nature 651, 688–697 [Journal] [PMC]
October 7: Shazreh Hassan (Bambah-Mukku Lab)
Lindeza et al. (2026) A major life-history locus underlies genotype-by-environment variation in growth across water temperatures. bioRxiv 2026.05.06.723333. [bioRxiv] [PDF] CANCELLED
October 14: Megan Huang (Gaulton Lab)
Sharifi et al. (2026) Female cortical cellular mosaicism underlies shared MeCP2 and PCB impacted gene pathways. iScience 29, 115573. [Journal] [PMC]
October 21: Molly Huang (Fisch Lab)
Shraim et al. (2025) Genome-wide gene-environment interaction study uncovers 162 vitamin D status variants using a precise ambient UVB measure. Nature Communications 16, 10774. [Journal] [PMC]
October 28: Rebecca Kirby (Biering Lab)
McCafferty-Brown et al. (2026) Ultraviolet exposure conditions skin to enhance arbovirus infection and mosquito probing.bioRxiv 2026.03.24.713097. [Preprint]
November 4: Zach Krill (Komor Lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
November 11: Shivani Lakkaraju (Ren and Gaulton Labs)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
November 18: Tanmayi Vashist (Gaulton Lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
November 25: No class scheduled Thanksgiving Holiday
December 2: Mari Williams (Telese Lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
December 9: Responsible Conduct of Research Discussion:
Topic: Authorship
Panel TBA
Select Winter topic.
Winter 2026 - TBA
January 6: Siri Yendluri (Nizet Lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
January 13: Morgan Black (Dixon lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
January 20: Nichelle Camden (Simonson lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
January 27: Natalie Castillo (Rose lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
February 3: Eduardo Modelo (Goren lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
February 10: Madeleine Pittigher (Gaulton lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
February 17: Noa Popko (Carter lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
February 24: Ellen Wang (Zheng lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
March 3: Rosan Wang (Ecker lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
March 10: Juan Tzompantzi De Ita (Dixon lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
March 17: Responsible Conduct of Research Discussion:
Topic TBA
Panel TBA
Select Spring quarter topic.
Spring 2026 - TBA
March 31: Parker Côté (Li lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
April 7: Daniel Feng (Mali lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
April 14: Nicole Lav (Ecker lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
April 21: Jai Ramachandra (Ferguson lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
April 28: Jonah Silverman (Gymrek lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
May 5: Jordan Walters (Tuszynski lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
May 12: Sam Wright (King lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
May 19: Ethan Xu (Reina-Campos lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
May 26: Maedot Yidenk (Schlachetzki lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
June 2: Junan Zhu (Maltez lab)
TBA. [Journal] [PMC]
June 9: Responsible Conduct of Research Discussion:
Topic TBA
Panel TBA
Summer Book Club selection:
TBA