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Brunk Lab | CytoCellDB

September 11, 2024
Dr. Elizabeth Brunk got some nice press for the development of CytoCellDB, a new database designed to fill a crucial gap in cancer research by focusing on extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA). Published in Nucleic Acids Research (NAR) Cancer, the database identifies which cancer cell lines contain ecDNA, which is associated with cancer...

WORKSHOP | the Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics (GaMD)

September 5, 2024
Gaussian Accelerated Molecular Dynamics (GaMD) Workshop on Oct 28, 2024, at UNC-Chapel Hill We are pleased to announce the Gaussian accelerated Molecular Dynamics (GaMD) workshop that will be held on Monday, Oct 28, 2024, at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill. The workshop is supported by the UNC Department of Pharmacology and Computational Medicine...

Dr. Miao Named Editor-in-Chief of Nature Journal

June 20, 2024
On June 11, 2024, UNC Health announced Dr. Yinglong Miao, associate professor of pharmacology and computational medicine program, has been named editor-in-chief of npj Drug Discover, part of Nature Partner Journals.

2024 Winners of CompMed Pilot Awards

January 13, 2024
Congratulations to our two winners of the 2024 CompMed Pilot Award Drs. Elizabeth Brunk and Ashok Krishnamurthy; and Drs. Guorong Wu and Todd Cohen

Dr.Leiderman on the editorial board at Biophysical Journal in the Systems Biophysics Section

December 29, 2023
Dr. Karin Leiderman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and faculty in the Computational Medicine Program. She was appointed to be on the editorial board at Biophysical Journal in the Systems Biophysics Section in 2023. ( a three-year term).

Dr. Adam Palmer and Spectrum News 1

July 7, 2023
$200K grant stimulates change for cancer research, By Patrick Thomas Chapel Hill, PUBLISHED 6:00 AM ET Jan. 26, 2023

Featured Faculty: Elizabeth Brunk, PhD

July 7, 2023
A grand challenge in the genome sciences is identifying functionally relevant variants and interpreting their biological impacts on cellular systems. A growing body of work in the biomedical sciences generates and analyzes omics data; our work contributes to these efforts by focusing on the integration of different omics data types...

CompMed PIs are some of the speakers at Lineberger’s 46th symposium

May 19, 2023
10 May 2023 Leading investigators offer ‘highly scientific, but patient-focused talks on women’s cancers at the Lineberger’s 46th symposium (Read HERE)

Genetics Hosts Wake Tech Community College (WTCC) START Program Students

March 28, 2023
On March 24, the department hosted a group of eight students who participate in the WTCC STEM Academic and Research Training (START) Program

Dr. Hoadley and Dr. Perou world’s most cited 2022

November 28, 2022
Twelve UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Centers members were named to Clarivate’s 2022 Highly Cited Researchers list, which recognizes scientists who published papers that ranked in the top 1% of cited publications in their field during the past decade.