William Scott, professor of human genetics and associate director for informatics at the Miami Institute for Human Genomics, will discuss the genetics of eye disease and how research will help determine those who are at risk on Tuesday, March 23 at 6:15 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building, third floor, on the Miller School of Medicine campus. There is no charge to attend. For more information, call 305-243-6177.

Stephan Züchner, associate professor of human genetics and neurology and director of the Center for Human Molecular Genomics at the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, Miller School of Medicine, will present “Next-Generation Sequencing Applications in Molecular Genetics” on Friday, March 12 at 12 p.m. in the Gautier Building, Room 118.

Jacob L. McCauley, assistant professor in the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, will discuss the genetics of multiple sclerosis and recent discoveries in genomics on Tuesday, February 23 at 6:15 p.m. in the Biomedical Research Building, third floor, on the Miller School of Medicine campus. The event is free of charge. For more information, call 305-43-6177.

The Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics will host a seminar by Jacqueline Hecht, professor of pediatrics and director of the Pediatric Research Center at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. Hecht will present “Pseudoachondroplasia: Gene Discovery to Potential Therapies” on Tuesday, February 23 at 4 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium.

The Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics will host a seminar by Scott Williams, professor in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Center for Human Genetics Research at Vanderbilt University. Williams will present “Genetic Analysis of African Populations: Inferring History and Mapping Disease Genes” on Tuesday, January 19 at 4 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium. For more information, contact Lourdes Acosta at lacosta@med.miami.edu or call 305-243-2559.

Stephan Züchner, associate professor in the Department of Human Genetics and director of the Center for Human Molecular Genomics at the Miller School’s Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, will present “Current Research Themes in Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease” on Friday, January 8 from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, contact Jessica Busquets at 305-243-8785 or JBusquets@med.miami.edu.

The Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics will host a seminar by Stephan Züchner, associate professor of human genetics and neurology and director of the Center for Human Molecular Genomics. Züchner will present ”Next-Generation Sequencing: Novel Applications for Molecular Genetics” on Tuesday, December 15 at 4 p.m. in the Lois Pope LIFE Center, seventh-floor auditorium. For more information, contact Lourdes Acosta at 305-243-2559 or at lacosta@med.miami.edu.

William K. Scott, professor and vice chair for education and training at the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics at the Miller School of Medicine, will present “Common Variants in Innate Immunity Genes Influence Susceptibility to Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Three Populations” on Friday, December 18 at 12 p.m. in the Gautier Building, Room 118.

The Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics and the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics will host a seminar by Derek Dykxhoorn, assistant professor at the Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics. Dykxhoorn will present “miRNAs, Morphology, and Metastasis” on Tuesday, December 1 at 4 p.m. in the Mailman Center for Child Development, eighth-floor auditorium.