Five years ago, the journals Genetics and G3 published a series of papers that reported the first data from the genetic resource population known as the Collaborative Cross. This week, two journals release special issues highlighting the breadth of work this tool has made possible. June 7, 2017 CHAPEL HILL, NC – This week the … Read more
UNC Lineberger member and Associate Professor of Genetics, William Y. Kim, MD, and his colleagues report in the journal Nature Communications they have created mouse models of both papillary and clear cell renal cell carcinoma that faithfully mimic the genetic changes seen in tumors of patients with these cancers. June 8, 2017 University of North … Read more
Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twenty-nine papers during the past two weeks. Genetic risk scores in the prediction of plasma glucose, impaired insulin secretion, insulin resistance and incident type 2 diabetes in the METSIM study. Stančáková A, Kuulasmaa T, Kuusisto J, Mohlke KL, Collins FS, Boehnke M, Laakso M. Diabetologia. 2017 Jun 1. … Read more
Dr. Hector L. Franco, Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Member of the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, was selected as a UNC Simmons Scholar. The Simmons Scholars program provides three to five years of salary support, structured mentorship, and career and leadership development opportunities. Dr. Hector L. Franco, Assistant Professor in the Department … Read more
Dr. Paola Giusti, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, will be included in MINDS, a NINDS-supported program that promotes the advancement of underrepresented independent researchers in neuroscience. Dr. Paola Giusti, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, will be included in MINDS, a NINDS-supported program that promotes the advancement of underrepresented independent researchers in neuroscience. Over … Read more
Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twenty papers during the second half of May 2017. Prenatal exome sequencing in anomalous fetuses: new opportunities and challenges. Vora NL, Powell B, Brandt A, Strande N, Hardisty E, Gilmore K, Foreman AKM, Wilhelmsen K, Bizon C, Reilly J, Owen P, Powell CM, Skinner D, Rini C, Lyerly … Read more
Researchers led by UNC Lineberger member Jenny Ting, PhD, have made new discoveries that could lead to new drug targets for treating multiple sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease. Their findings were published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. Brain inflammation is a key component of multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, ALS, and most … Read more
UNC Lineberger researchers Charles M. Perou, PhD, Katherine Hoadley, PhD, and Melissa Troester, PhD, co-authored a large, multi-institutional study designed to understand a gap in mortality for black and white women with breast cancer by beginning to unravel the germline genetic variations and tumor biological differences. This is the first “ancestry-based comprehensive analysis of multiple … Read more
New UNC vice chancellor for research loves when graduate students challenge his ideas. According to Terry Magnuson, Ph.D., science is difficult— but graduate students make it fun. Magnuson, the new vice chancellor for research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, says the most enjoyable part of conducting science is working with graduate … Read more
Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published nine papers during the first half of March 2017. A Reverse Genetics Platform That Spans the Zika Virus Family Tree. Widman DG, Young E, Yount BL, Plante KS, Gallichotte EN, Carbaugh DL, Peck KM, Plante J, Swanstrom J, Heise MT, Lazear HM, Baric RS. MBio. 2017 Mar 7;8(2). … Read more
