Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 16 papers during January 15th – 28th, 2023.

Findings may provide insights on the development and progression of metastatic breast cancer.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during January 1st – 14th, 2023.

Sonja Mihailovic, GMB graduate student in the laboratories of Drs. Adriana Beltran and Jeremy Purvis (both Associate Professors in Genetics), has been selected as part of the 2023 RTP cohort in the Nucleate Activator program for next-generation bioentrepreneurs.

David Corcoran, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics and Director, LCCC Bioinformatics Core) has been accepted into the University Leadership Education & Development (ULEAD) program, sponsored by the Division of Human Resources and Equal Opportunity and Compliance.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during December 18th – 31st, 2022.

Charles M. Perou, PhD, the May Goldman Shaw Distinguished Professor of Molecular Oncology and Genetics at UNC School of Medicine and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, presented the 2022 AACR Distinguished Lectureship in Breast Cancer Research at the 45th San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

Hyejung Won, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) received a pilot award from the UNC Computational Medicine Program together with J.S. Marron, PhD (Professor, Statistics and Operations Research). 

Jeremy Purvis, PhD (Associate Professor) and Christoph Rau, PhD (Assistant Professor) received an Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research (ECBR) award from UNC School of Medicine for their project titled “Identifying the role of local cell-type neighborhoods on catecholamine-induced focal necrosis”.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 8 papers during December 4th – 17th, 2022.