2025 KU Center for Genomics Research Symposium
The 2025 KUCG Research Symposium took place on May 9th and several members of our group presented their research, including two new faculty members, Obed Garcia and Kelsey Jorgensen. The research presented included:
Dr. Kelsey Jorgensen (top right photo) – The Impact of Human Dietary Adaptation on Global Genetic Variation
Vanna Hay (top left photo) – Unangax Genetic Ancestry from the Central and Western Aleutian Islands
Shawna Fitzwater (bottom left photo) – Microbial Metagenomic Composition Across Taxonomic Levels at Bluefish Cave III During the Pleistocene-Holocene Transition
Lydia Sykora (bottom right photo) – The complex histories of human populations in the North American Central and Southern Plains
Dr. Obed Garcia (not shown) – Identifying immune-related signatures of selection in an admixed Guatemalan cohort
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