T32 Appointees 2020-2025 Appointments - 2 Years Student Photo Project Description Mentor September 2022 – August 2024 Mian Horvath Factors that affect elderly health and gain new research tools that will aid me in conducting research to reduce disease burden among the elderly. Julia Oh September 2022 – August 2024 Billy Joe Huggins Investigating the molecular mechanisms that govern aging. Blanka Rogina September 2022 – August 2024 Christopher Pathoulas Studying the genetic basis of diseases in an effort to develop therapeutic strategies that can exploit genotypic differences. Patrick Murphy November 2021 - October 2023 Elizabeth Szabo Using CRISPR gene editing to model patient-derived MSH6 germline variants in human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Christopher Heinen September 2021 - August 2023 Eden Francoeur The extent and impact of intra-species structural variation in complex repeat loci. Christine Beck September 2021 - August 2023 Monica Dave The role of senescent genetic signatures in early placental development. Paul Robson August 2020 - July 2022 Rachel Cohn Transcriptomic signatures of senescent cells Ming Xu August 2020 - July 2022 Ardian Ferraj Detection and effects of structural variation and polymorphic transposable element insertions in diverse mouse genomes. Christine Beck August 2020 - July 2022 Rachel Gilmore Interrogating ZNF274 mediated repression of the maternal allele 15q11-q13. Justin Cotney