Physician Scientist @bcmgenetics 🧬 @RiceCompSci 🧬 When I hear hoofbeats, I think zebras. Views own.
Houston, TX
Joined February 2022
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Audra Iness, MD, PhD retweeted
.@BCMHouston has received more than $6M from @NIH to lead the new Peroxisomal Disorders Consortium. Led by Dr. Michael Wangler @mfwangler, it will advance research into rare genetic disorders affecting multiple organ systems. bit.ly/3WE3yhg
Audra Iness, MD, PhD retweeted
📣📣 The APSA Pre-Medical Committee is excited to introduce a GroupMe curated specifically for
pre-medical students interested in pursuing the MD/PhD path. We encourage all who are interested to join and to share the group with anyone else considering the MD/PhD route! 🥼🧪✨
Audra Iness, MD, PhD retweeted
Congratulations to the 2026 graduating class of @bcmgenetics Medical Residency and Clinical Laboratory Fellowship Programs!
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🧬New from Mechol & colleagues!
📄Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in TMEM63B cause syndromic surfactant dysfunction disorder
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Excited to share our new paper: Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in TMEM63B cause syndromic surfactant dysfunction disorder. Thank you to my co-authors, patients, & their families for making genetic disease discovery possible. @AJHGNews @bcmgenetics
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Happy DNA Day! 🧬
Had a great time drawing pedigrees with next generation of DNA docs! 🩺 Thank you to the Health Museum for having me.
@bcmgenetics
Audra Iness, MD, PhD retweeted
Interested in single cell genomics but need help getting started? Come to my lab's 10th (!) Single Cell Genomics Day on 6/12
Talks include Aviv Regev @anshulkundaje @junyue_cao @xinjin + (many) more + @ATJCagan illustrations!
Free Youtube livestream at satijalab.org/scgd
Yes! I always counsel patients on the possibility of re-analysis of their genetic data. As our knowledge grows, so does diagnostic yield. There’s always more to discover.
one of the reasons i became a medical geneticist: the genome is the only medical test where we measure once, but our interpretation evolves indefinitely.
as our models and variant knowledge mature, the same data yields new truths, and eventually, actionabilities.
the genome (and its derivative products) are the ultimate substrates for AI in medicine.
Audra Iness, MD, PhD retweeted
We are excited to announce the release of the Human Methylation Atlas Summary and Signals tracks for hg38 and hg19. The tracks display genome-wide DNA methylation profiles across 39 primary human cell types from 205 healthy tissue samples.
Learn more at bit.ly/humanMethylationAtlas…
Audra Iness, MD, PhD retweeted
Happening Now! Tonight we’re joined by Dr. Danielle Sawyers, (@DanielleSawyer_), Dr. Audra Iness (@AudraIness), and Dr. Judy Wang to discuss Funding Your Future: F30 Fellowship. Stay tuned for live updates! #APSAWebinar
What does a Medical Geneticist do?
We work at the intersection of medical practice & scientific discovery—because each genome is unique.
We collaborate w/ physicians, counselors, diagnostic labs, patients, & advocates to turn these discoveries into medically actionable insights
I recently had the pleasure of meeting colleagues @ChildrensNatl as part of the Rare Disease Clinical Scholars Program.
Rare diseases show us that meaningful intervention is not only necessary—but possible—even for N=1. Looking forward to advancing precision medicine together.
I am also grateful to the patients and families who have taught me and allowed their stories to be shared, so we can all continue learning and growing. There is still so much we do not know — and may never fully understand — but we show up and do our best every day.
Grateful to have been part of the AAP/ASCI/APSA Joint Meeting—this time as a @BCM_Pediatrics and @bcmgenetics representative, mentor, and past @A_P_S_A president. Honored to join leaders across the physician-scientist community, including @LaskerFDN.
Interesting how evolution favors redundancy, but I’ve never understood why we have 2 active kidneys—both simultaneously vulnerable to injury. Why not 1 functional kidney, & 1 metabolically dormant backup, ready in case the 1st fails?
Just seeing too many failed kidneys lately.
Audra Iness, MD, PhD retweeted
Interested in single cell genomics but need help getting started? Check out the full agenda for our Single Cell Genomics Day on Friday 4/25. All talks will be live-streamed (no registration required) at satijalab.org/scgd25
