Grand Rounds serves as a great opportunity to hear the latest from prominent experts.

HGSS Schedule 2023-2024 (PDF)

• Oct. 4, 2023
  Daniah Beleford, M.D., Ph.D.
  UC Davis departments of Pediatrics and Physiology
  The Genetic Modifier PTPN14 Promotes Vascular Stability by Inhibiting SMAD4 Turnover in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

• Nov. 1, 2023
  Maija Kiuru, M.D., Ph.D.
  UC Davis departments of Dermatology and Pathology
  Molecular Basis of Melanocytic Tumors and Tumor Syndromes

Past Talks

• June 7, 2023
  Topics in Endocrinologic Genomics
  Kathryn L. Eckert, M.D., UC Davis Department of Pediatrics

• May 3, 2023
  An Update on Gastric Cancer Genetics and Genomics
  Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Ph.D., UC Davis Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

• April 5, 2023
  Placental-Brain Epigenomic Connections in Risk and Resiliency to Autism Spectrum Disorders
  Janine LaSalle, M.D., UC Davis Department of Pediatrics

• March 1, 2023
  Accelerating the Discovery and Diagnosis of Rare Genetic Conditions
  Jon Bernstein, M.D., Stanford University Department of Pediatrics

• Feb. 1, 2023
  California Newborn Screening Program Update
  Richard Olney, M.D., M.P.H., California Department of Public Health

• Jan. 4, 2023
  Bridging Genetic Association and Molecular Mechanisms in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  Alex Nord, Ph.D., UC Davis Department of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior

• Dec. 7, 2022
  Genetic Counseling Considerations for Transgender and Non-Binary Communities
  Faria Ahmed, M.S., L.C.G.C., UC Davis Department of Pediatrics

• Nov. 2, 2022
  The Genetics and Genomics of Autism
  Ariel Lee, M.D., Kaiser Permanente

• Oct. 5, 2022
  Building a Center for Interventional Genetics
  David Jay Segal, Ph.D., UC Davis Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

2021 - 2022

6/1/2022
Title: The Study of Human CNKSR2-Related Disorders in Zebrafish
Speaker: Stacey Cole, M.D., M.B.A, UC Davis Department of Pediatrics

5/4/2022
Title: Acid Sphingomyleniase Deficiency (ASMD/Neimann-Pick A and B): Clinical Characteristics and Treatment
Speaker: Renata Gallagher, M.D., Ph.D., UCSF Department of Pediatrics

4/6/2022
Title: X-linked Retinoschisis: Clinical disease, molecular pathology, and status of gene therapy trials
Speaker: Paul Sieving, M.D., Ph.D., UC Davis Eye Center, Center for Ocular Regenerative Therapy

3/2/2022
Title: X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy: The Impact of Newborn Screening
Speaker: Ayaka Suzuki, M.S., L.C.G.C., UC Davis Department of Pediatrics

2/2/2022
Title: Development of the Neuro-Immune-Vascular Plexus in the Fetal Brain
Speaker: Steven Noctor, Ph.D., UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

1/5/2022
Title: Genomic Driver of Intolerance to Heat Stress and Marine Organohalogens
Speaker: Isaac Pessah, Ph.D., UC Davis Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine

12/1/2021
Title: Integrating Large-Scale "omics" Information for Discovery and Clinical Practice
Speaker: Madhuri Hegde, Ph.D., F.A.C.M.G., VP and Chief Scientific Officer at Perkin-Elmer

11/19/2021
Title: Human Genomics Symposium
Keynote Speakers: Randi Hagerman, M.D., UC Davis Department of Pediatrics
Speaker: Paul J. Hagerman, M.D., Ph.D., UC Davis Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

11/3/2021
Title: Targeted Therapeutics for Genetics Epilepsies
Speaker: Amy Brooks-Kayal, M.D., UC Davis Department of Neurology

10/6/2021
Title: Genetics of Connective Tissue Disorders
Speaker: Kristin Herman, M.D., UC Davis Department of Pediatrics

2020 - 2021

6/2/2021
Title: Holding Things Together: A Review and Update on Cohesinopathies
Speaker: Alena Egense, M.S., L.C.G.C., UC Davis Department of Pediatrics

5/5/2021
Title: Genetic-Based Therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Speaker: Craig McDonald, M.D., UC Davis Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

4/7/2021
Title: Prenatal Genetics: Screening, Diagnostic Tests and Applications
Speaker: Krishna Singh, M.D., UC Davis Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

3/3/2021
Title: Using Live-Cell Imaging to Quantify Cell Signaling Phenotypes
Speaker: John Albeck, Ph.D., UC Davis Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology

2/3/2021
Title: Newborn Screening: The Past, Present and Future
Speaker: Madelena Martin, M.D., UC Davis Dept. of Biochemical Genetics

1/6/2021
Title: In Vivo Modeling of Functional Genomics
Speaker: K. C. Kent Lloyd, D.V.M., Ph.D., UC Davis Department of Surgery

12/2/2020
Title: Down Syndrome: Research Perspectives on the Phenotype and Treatment
Speaker: Leonard Abbeduto, Ph.D, UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

11/4/2020
Title: A Role of Thermogenesis in Human Genetics and Environmental Exposures Underlying Obesity
Speaker: Michelle Andrea La Merrill, Ph.D., UC Davis Dept. of Environmental Toxicology

10/7/2020
Title: A Proposal to Add Criteria That Incorporates Clinical Response to Treatment into the 2015 ACMG Genomics Variant Classification Guidelines
Speaker: Joseph Shen, M.D., PhD., UC Davis Dept. of Pediatrics

2019 - 2020

6/3/2020
Title: Using Zebrafish to Test Genes Important in Human Neurodevelopment and Disease
Speaker: Megan Dennis, Ph.D., UC Davis Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

5/6/2020
Title: Alpha-tocopherol and Calcium Signaling in an Animal Model of Ataxia with VitE Deficiency (AVED)
Speaker: Carrie Finno, DVM, Ph.D., UC Davis Dept. of Population Health and Reproduction

4/1/2020
Title: The Complex Genetics of Primary Biliary Cholangitis: Current Understanding and Future Challenges
Speaker: Michael F. Seldin, M.D., Ph.D., UC Davis Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

3/4/2020
Title: Cardiac Genomics: An Overview of Cardiomyopathies and Arrhythmias
Speaker: Colette Defilippo, M.S., L.C.G.C., UC Davis Dept. of Pediatrics

2/5/2020
Title: Behavioral and Mental Health in Children with Chromosome 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
Speaker: Kathleen Angkustsiri, M.D., M.A.S., UC Davis Dept. of Pediatrics

1/8/2020
Title: Bad Blood in the Family? Linking Hematologic Malignancy to Family History and Genetics
Speaker: Jeanna Welborn, M.D., UC Davis Dept. of Internal Medicine

12/4/2019
Title: From Clinics to Research-Utilities and Challenges of Pharmacogenetics
Speaker: Kristin Grimsrud, DVM, Ph.D., UC Davis Dept. of Pathology

11/6/2019
Title: Diversity Measures in Genomic Medicine: Examining Race, Ethnicity and Ancestry in Precision Health Research and Clinical Practice
Speaker: Alice B. Popejoy, Ph.D., Stanford Department of Biomedical Data Science

10/2/2019
Title: Pathogenesis of Fragile X-associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS)
Speaker: Paul Hagerman, M.D., Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine