The compound CMX521 significantly reduced lung viral titer and symptoms in a SARS-CoV-2 mouse model, as reported by biomedical company Chimerix in collaboration with the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill. UNC School of Medicine faculty Nat Moorman, PhD, and Mark Heise, PhD, are key researchers in this program.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during February 13th – 26th 2022.
Dr. Karl Shpargel has been promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective January 1, 2022.
The annual Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research report on NIH Funding to US Medical Schools lists the UNC Chapel Hill Department of Genetics as the 3rd ranked Genetics Department with $44,120,400 in funding.
Dr. Laura Raffield (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded a 4-year R01 from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) titled “Immune Cells in Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias in the Jackson Heart Study”.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 15 papers during January 30th – February 12th, 2022.
Drs. Katie Hoadley and Jesse Raab (Assistant Professors, Genetics) received a Team Science Pilot Project Award from the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS) for their collaborative project titled “Understanding genetic and environmental drivers of primary liver cancer”.
Covid guidance, wellness survey, announcements, DEI resources, travel guidance, hiring plans for 2022.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 17 papers during January 16th – 29th, 2022.
Dr. Yuliya Pylayeva-Gupta (Associate Professor, Department of Genetics) has received an American Cancer Society Research Scholar Award for her project titled “B Cells as Mediators of Tumor Eradication in Pancreatic Cancer”.
