Lab News
May 2023 – Our paper on the genetics of ASD in an East African cohort is published in Cell Genomics! Check out the
press release.
November 2022 – Our invited commentary on genomic strategies to untangle the etiology of autism is published in Autism Research!
August 2022 – Shayal is awarded an F31 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development! Congrats Shayal!
July 2022 – Oguz defends his thesis and is now officially Dr. Tuncay! So proud of all your accomplishments and best of luck in San Diego!
February 2022 – Maria is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
February 2022 – Our paper on ASD genomics in a shared ancestry cohort is published in Genomic Medicine.
February 2022 – Lauretta is awarded the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute Sprouts grant! Congrats Lauretta!
October 2021 – Shayal is awarded the Society for Neuroscience Trainee Professional Development Award! Congrats and so proud of you!
December 2020 – Our
KDM5A paper is published in eLife! Check out the
press release.
February 2020 – Shayal joins the lab as a graduate student in the Neuroscience graduate program. Welcome Shayal!
January 2020 – Ahmed joins the lab as a UTD/UTSW Green Fellow. We’re excited to have him!
January 2020 – Razan joins the lab as a UTD undergraduate research intern. Welcome Razan!
December 2019 – The Chahrour lab is awarded their first R01 grant, from the
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development!! Woohoo!
October 2019 – Maria, Nancy, Oguz, and Lauretta attend the ASHG annual meeting in Houston! Oguz presenetd a poster on his and Nancy's genomics work - his first ASHG poster!
August 2019 – Maria is awarded an R03 grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences as part of the Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) program!
July 2019 – Maria returns from her trip to Ethiopia as part of the BORNE symposium. Read about her
experience here.
July 2019 – Sandra completes her Green Fellowship in the lab and moves on to bigger adventures.
June 2019 – Ritesh joins the lab as a STARS intern for the summer. Welcome Ritesh!
June 2019 – Maria is awarded a generous gift from the the Walter & Lillian Cantor Foundation.
April 2019 – The Chahrour lab is awarded a Pilot grant from the Simons Foundation! Read about
the project here.
April 2019 – Maria participates in a live chat for Autism Awareness day. Watch
the video here.
February 2019 – Our UBE3B paper is published in PNAS! Check out the
press release.
January 2019 – Sandra joins the lab as a UTD/UTSW Green Fellow. She’s our first Green Fellow and we’re excited to have her!
January 2019 – Lauretta joins the lab as a graduate student in the Genetics, Development, and Disease graduate program. Welcome Lauretta!
January 2019 – Chahrour lab is 17th in the Neuroscience & Friends fantasy football league! “The important thing is, we were not last” - Oguz
December 2018 – Anne finishes her rotation in the lab.
December 2018 – Our PSMD12 paper is published in AJMG!
November 2018 – Nancy joins the lab as a computational biologist. Welcome to Texas Nancy!
October 2018 – We decorated the lab door for the Neuroscience department’s Halloween decoration contest. Didn’t win, but we had fun!
October 2018 – Lauretta finishes her rotation in the lab.
October 2018 – Congrats Oguz for passing the quals!
August 2018 – Pooja finishes her summer internship. Thank you for a productive internship and hope to see you back in the lab!
July 2018 – We say goodbye to Nadine and good luck in graduate school! Houston is lucky to have you.
June 2018 – Maria is awarded an R21 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health!
April 2018 – Maria is awarded a Welch Foundation grant!
February 2018 – Oguz joins the lab as a Neuroscience graduate student on the Computational and Systems Biology track –he’s the first grad student of the lab! Welcome Oguz!
January 2018 – Milan leaves the lab. Good luck Milan!
January 2018 – Our review article is published in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.
December 2017 – Oguz finishes his rotation in the lab.
October 2017 – Robert finishes his rotation in the lab.
August 2017 – Nina finishes her summer internship as a visiting scholar.
July 2017 – Kiran joins the lab as a senior research scientist; welcome Kiran!
June 2017 – Michael finishes his summer internship.
May 2017 – Raida finishes her Fulbright fellowship in the lab. Best of luck!
January 2017 – Milan joins the lab as a research technician; welcome Milan!
October 2016 – Melissa leaves the lab; good luck!
August 2016 – Stejara finishes her summer internship in the lab; we will miss you and hope you come back!
August 2016 – Katrina finishes her SURF internship in the lab.
August 2016 – Maria is awarded a NARSAD Young Investigator grant!
July 2016 – Maggie finishes her STARS internship in the lab; good luck and we hope you come back!
July 2016 – Nadine joins the lab as a research technician; welcome Nadine!
June 2016 – Akanksha leaves the lab and is off to medical school! Best of luck!
February 2016 – Solmi joins the lab for her postdoctoral training; welcome Solmi!
