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+Congratulations to James Shepherdson for successfully defending his thesis, "Multiplex functional assessment of variant effect in the retinal transcription factor CRX"! Watch [a recording of the defense here](https://wustl.box.com/s/e2npa2bbpbc1zpzdwr7jdxp7ere3wnwx).
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