News

PhD Student Graduation: Ram Gonzalez successfully completed his PhD. Congratulations!

News Appearance: Dr. Moreno was interviewed by "El Sol de México" about the genome of Mexicans. Link

Collaboration between CINVESTAV and INSP: A new collaboration agreement between CINVESTAV and INSP was signed to advance the Mexico Biobank Project. Link

1st Latin Cells paper published in iScience: Check out this paper listed in our Publications page.

Podcast: Participation on "Tengo muchas dudas al respecto" podcast answering all questions about genetics. Link

PhD Student Graduation: Carmina Barberena successfully defended her PhD thesis. Congratulations!

MexVar paper published in Nature Medicine: Check out the full details on our Publications page.

Genomic Sciences Impact: MorenoLab continues to expand its impact in genomic sciences across Latin America, participating in international collaborations and training the next generation of scientists. Link.

SMBE Puerto Vallarta 2024 The Moreno Lab was part of the organizing team for this international meeting that took place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico https://smbe2024.org/.

PAHO Brasilia: Dr. Andrés Moreno was invited to the Regional Meeting "Equitable Generation of Knowledge and Translation of Human Genomic Research for Health in the Americas" by the Pan American Health Organization in Brasilia, Brazil.

Student Achievement: PhD student Santiago Medina participated in the 10th Anniversary of the Agrogenomics Science Degree at UNAM.

MX Biobank in Spanish: The flagship paper is now available in Spanish: El Biobanco Mexicano avanza la genómica médica y de poblaciones de diversas ancestrías. Special thanks to Dian Barberena-Jonas for the translation and Carmina Barberena-Jonas for copyediting! Link

Nature Cover: The Mexican Biobank paper was published and featured on the cover of Nature. Check out the full details on our Publications page.

SMBE Ferrara 2023: Lab members presented invited talks and posters at the SMBE2023 conference in Ferrara, Italy.

Polynesian Research: Interview with Stefan Milo regarding Polynesians reaching America. Link

Podcast: Dr. Moreno featured on "De Chícharos y Habas" regarding the Manila Galleon and Asian legacy in Mexico: "El galeón de Manila y el legado ancestral asiático en México". Link

AABA Meeting: PhD candidate Daniela Orozco presented her work at The American Association of Biological Anthropologists (AABA) annual meeting in Reno, Nevada: "Paleogenomic insights of ancient Mexico: Genetic origin and sex determination of human remains from the archaeological zone of Cañada de la Virgen".

ICDA Plenary: Dr. Moreno attended the plenary in Copenhagen to discuss genetic mapping in Latin America. Link

INCA Webinar: Dr. Moreno attended the INCA seminar series for the talk "The MX Biobank project and medical population genomics in Latin America".

CINVESTAV Institutional Colloquim: Dr. Moreno was invited to speak at our Institutional Colloquium, where he explained why the 2022 Nobel prize in Medicine was granted due to the sequencing of the Neanderthal's genome and its implications medical conditions.

NIH Seminar Dr. Moreno Gave a formal lecture webinar at the NIH Genomics and Health Disparities Institute, with the topic "Medical genomics in underrepresented populations from Latin America and the Pacific".

TV UNAM: Participation in "El Gen, Una Historia Personal" to discuss pandemic behavior and expectations.

Podcast: Participation on the "Historias genómicas de pueblos originarios" podcast regarding Polynesian migrations. Link

CABANA Covid-19: Dr. Moreno attended the CABANA Covid-19 Program at LANGEBIO as an invited speaker on the topic chair "The human side of the pandemic".

A Human Cell Map of Latin American Diversity: Leading a collaborative project with 10 Latin American institutions build a Latin American cell map of immune blood cells and gallbladder tissue cell types from diverse Indigenous and mixed populations from six countries across the Americas (Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, and U.S. Latinos)

Press Coverage on our Research on the Pacific Settlement: The Economist, Science Magazine, Smithsonian, and The Guardian.

Student Research Presentation: Daniela Orozco presented ancient DNA work from Cañada de la Virgen at the Human Evolution Conference.

Mexican Biobank Presentation: Dr. Mashaal Sohail presented project results at the 5th annual MEXPOPGEN meeting. Link

Ancient Voyage Study: Extensive global coverage on The New York Times, El País, Nature News, Science, New Scientist, The Scientist, Smithsonian, National Geographic, Science News, IFLS, Gizmodo, Genomeweb, CBC, CNN, BBC, The Guardian, The Sun, Fox, Daily Mail, Reuters, Le Monde and Jiji.

NGS Tech: Talk on applying NGS technologies to study genetic diversity in human populations. Link

ICDA Participation: Dr. Moreno-Estrada's involvement with the International Common Disease Alliance.

Press Release: Study reveals pre-Hispanic history, genetic changes among indigenous Mexican populations. Link

MX Biobank Workshop: Practical workshop on Large-Scale Genomic Data Analyses: GWAS in structured populations in Irapuato; 2018-11-27 – 2018-11-30.

iotweeps Twitter Conference 2018: The Biotweeps Twitter Conference is a global event bringing together researchers from across the biological sciences to share and discuss their research with a social media audience. Through posts, infographics, and videos we decided to present one of our most ambitious projects “The Mexican Biobank Project #MXB”, an international collaboration with diverse research and government institutions; which is creating the largest genomic biobank in Latinamerica to better understand how certain genetic markers correlate with infectious diseases and cardiometabolic traits. This information will help to create health strategies to tackle these diseases for a diverse population like Mexico. Link

Science News: Juan Esteban Rodríguez's work on Asian ancestry featured in Spanish and English. Link, Link

Mexpopgen3: Participation in the meeting at LANGEBIO. Link

Trump Effect: Lizzie Wade explores the impact of U.S. policies on Mexican science in Science News.

Solórzano Interview: Dr. Moreno shared details of his career with journalist Javier Solórzano on Once Noticias.

Tinker Professor: Dr. Moreno taught at Stanford regarding "The Genetic Footprint of Latin America and its Impact in a Multicultural Society". Link

Mexico Population Genomics Meeting 2017: Link

PLOS Collections: South America paper selected for inclusion.

Rosenkranz Prize: Symposium celebrating researchers improving health in developing countries.

Academia Mexicana de Ciencias: Dr. Moreno's talk at the Simposio 'Ciencia y Humanismo II'.

Third Root of Mexico: María Avila's colloquium on the genetic structure of Mexican African descent.

The Human Population and Evolutionary Genomics Lab is born in Irapuato, Mexico at the UGA