Sep 20, 2023
Group photo of the award ceremony: (L-R: Drs. Fritz Sedlazeck, Yong Xu, François St-Pierre, Paul Klotman, Mary Dickinson, Jeffrey Rogers, Daisuke Nakada and Olivier Lichtarge.
Six Baylor College of Medicine faculty members were selected as recipients of the 2023 Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award. Dr. Fritz Sedlazeck and Dr. Jeffrey Rogers were among those recognized for their work during the Sept. 18 ceremony at Baylor.
Sedlazeck’s research focuses on the understanding of genome instability and complex variations and their impact on evolution and disease. Rogers is an internationally recognized expert in the genetics and genomics of nonhuman primates.