Lab News
October 2023 – Lauretta defends her thesis and is now officially Dr. El Hayek! So proud of all your accomplishments and best of luck in San Francisco!
October 2023 – Maria is invited to speak at the Genetics Summit 2023, organized by the Mountain States Regional Genetics Network. You can hear her presentation and learn more about our research
here.
May 2023 – Our paper on the genetics of ASD in an East African cohort is published in Cell Genomics (and made it to the
cover)! 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!
