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Email

keuls@bcm.edu

Positions

Tech, Research II

Ctr Stem Cell & Regen
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Honors & Awards

Deborah K. Martin Award for Outstanding Current Graduate Student

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Dean’s Award of Excellence

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BioLegend Microscopy Image Winner

Marcy C. Speer Memorial Award - International Conference on Neural Tube Defects for 1st Place Oral Presentation

1st Place Poster Award Gulf Coast Consortia’s 32nd Keck Annual Research Conference

The Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, 18th Annual Symposium Scientific Image Contest - Honorable Mention

Graduate Student Symposium Microscopy Cover Art Photo Winner

Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting Poster Competition – Semi-Finalist

Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting Grant

Cell and Gene Therapy Annual Retreat Poster Presentation - 2nd place

Society for Developmental Biology Annual Meeting Poster Competition - Honorable Mention

Cell and Gene Therapy poster award for “Flashy Science”

American Association for Anatomy Award (Craniofacial Genetics and Developmental Biology Annual Meeting)

����������� GSBS Busch-80 Scholarship

Cell and Gene Therapy Annual Retreat Oral Presentation - 3rd place

Selected Publications

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• Rachel A Keuls, Karin Kojima, Brittney Lozzi, John W Steele, Qiuying Chen, Steven S Gross, Richard H Finnell, Ronald J Parchem "." Int J Mol Sci.. 2020 Oct; Pubmed PMID:
• Rachel A Keuls, Young Sun Oh, Ivanshi Patel, Ronald J Parchem "." PNAS. 2023 Feb; Pubmed PMID:
• Rachel A Keuls, Ronald J Parchem "." J Vis Exp. 2020 Oct; Pubmed PMID:

Funding

Yolk Sac MicroRNAs Regulate Brain Development - #1F31HD110243

$47,694.00 (08/17/2023 - 09/30/2025)

Grant funding from NIH

Impact Score: 10, Percentile: 1st

Training in Precision Environmental Health Sciences (TPEHS) NIEHS T32 Fellowship Program (T32 ES027801, PI: Cheryl Walker, �����������)

Grant funding from NIH