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Our Current Research

Model Organisms

The Model Organisms Screening Center (MOSC) for the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) is composed of two Centers that use fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), nematode worm (Caenorhabditis elegans) and zebrafish (Danio rerio) genetics and biology to tackle rare and undiagnosed diseases.

Genes of interest

ETFDH WRNIP1 PRDM16 PIK3CD MED13L BSN

Meet Our Participants


After birth, the participant spent time in the NICU due to jaundice, abnormal labs, and heart abnormalities (vascular ring, right aortic arch). The heart differences were surgically corrected. As a child, he was identified to have a mass on the right side of the neck, which was later determined to … read more

The participant was born at 38 weeks by C-section. The pregnancy was complicated by vaginal bleeding at 6-8 weeks and gestational diabetes. At birth he needed supplemental oxygen for a couple days because his of low oxygen and vomiting while nursing (emesis). At 6 days old, he had jaundice which … read more

The participant was born at full term and had an unremarkable birth history. Her mother experienced a rash (pruritic urticarial papules and plaques) during pregnancy, but the pregnancy was otherwise normal. She notably passed her newborn screening hearing evaluation. The participant’s family members first noticed she did not respond to … read more

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