Drs. Sarah Cohen & Mohanish Deshmukh will use multicolor live-cell imaging to understand how stem cells reorganize as they differentiate into neurons and glia. Their long term goals are to determine whether defects in organelle dynamics are a fundamental feature of neurodegenerative disease. This project combines Dr. Cohen’s expertise in...

Please join us in congratulating, Hernán Mendez (Kathleen Caron Lab), for being selected as a 2020 HHMI Gilliam Fellow. The goal of this graduate fellowship program is to increase the diversity among scientists who are prepared to assume leadership roles in science, particularly as college and university faculty. The program...

Over the past year, 17 CZI Imaging Scientists — engineers, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists and biologists — have been working in imaging cores and centers across the U.S. to advance the research and tools necessary to understand and identify disease. They have designed new workshops and courses, updated imaging core...

The PY1 class recognizes a faculty member who teaches coursework in the first year of the professional curriculum in recognition of exemplary instructional ability and interest in the students and the educational programs of the School. Dr. Otey was a key factor that made the PY1 Class feel at home...

Congratulations to Linda Levitch on her highly-deserved promotion to Associate Professor based on her excellence in teaching!

Treatment Opportunities Seen for Angelman Syndrome

Graham Diering was recently interviewed from a reporter for UNC-TV, for her blog about dreams during the pandemic. Its a fun snappy little article! Click here for interview

Doug Phanstiel’s proposal entitled “Identifying Alzheimer’s Disease Causal Variants and Target Genes Using iPSC-derived Microglia” has been awarded from the NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA). The objective of this proposal is to employ advanced genomic technologies to determine how genetic variation contributes to Alzheimer’s disease risk. This work will...

Gabrielle Gentile and Nicole Rivera, in the Giudice lab, have been selected for three years graduate research fellowships (GRFP) from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Gabby received her B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh, is currently a second year GMB student and part of the MiBio training program. Nicole received...

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