Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during July 11th – July 24th, 2021.

We are excited to announce that Nancy Sey, who works in Dr. Hyejung Won’s lab and is co-mentored by Dr. Joyce Besheer, was selected as a 2021 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 17 papers during June 27 – July 10, 2021.

A research team led by Dr. Damaris Lorenzo, Assistant Professor in the UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and member of the Neuroscience Center, discovered a new neurodevelopmental syndrome that is caused by pathogenic variants in the SPTBN1 gene which encodes neuronal βII-spectrin.

Dr. Katarzyna (Kasia) Kedziora joined the Department of Genetics in January 2021 as an Assistant Professor.

Dr. Adriana Beltran has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective July 1, 2021.

Dr. Jason Whitmire has been promoted to Full Professor, effective July 1, 2021.

Dr. Lisa Tarantino has been promoted to Full Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective July 1, 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twenty one papers during June 13-26, 2021.

Jenny Ting, PhD, has been chosen as the 2021 ICIS-Pfizer Award winner in recognition of her outstanding discoveries in the fields of immunology, molecular biology, genomics, and microbiology, and especially for her observations regarding the control of immunity which impact a wide variety of diseases.