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Department of Genetics Publications for July 31st – August 13th, 2022

August 16, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 7 papers during July 31st – August 13th, 2022.   A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids.  Ramdas S, Judd J, Graham SE, Kanoni S, Wang Y, Surakka I, Wenz B, Clarke SL, Chesi A, Wells...

Graduate Students Sarah Brotman (GMB), Saygin Gulec (BCB), and Nisitha Sengottuvel (GMB) Participate in 2022 “Shadow a Scientist” Program

August 1, 2022
Sarah Brotman (Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the Karen Mohlke lab), Saygin Gulec (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the Tim Elston and Klaus Hahn labs), and Nisitha Sengottuvel (Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the Chad Pecot lab) participated in the 2022 UNC “Shadow a...

Department of Genetics Publications for July 17th – 30th, 2022

August 1, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during July 17th – 30th, 2022.

Jesse Raab, PhD Awarded R35 Grant from NIGMS

July 27, 2022
Dr. Jesse Raab (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has been awarded a five-year R35 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his project titled “Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function”.

Scientists Reveal Genetic Architecture Underlying Alcohol, Cigarette Abuse

July 25, 2022
UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Hyejung Won, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics, used a new kind of computational tool to parse the complicated genetics that put some people at higher risk of becoming addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, and likely other substances of abuse.

Department of Genetics Publications for July 3rd – 16th, 2022

July 18, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during July 3rd – 16th, 2022.

Genetics Faculty Awarded Creativity Hub from UNC VCR’s Office

July 14, 2022
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research announced that AIxB: Building a collaborative ecosystem for innovation in Artificial Intelligence and the Biological Sciences is the winner of this year’s Creativity Hub Award.  Faculty from Genetics include Dr. Corbin Jones (PI, Professor, Biology and Genetics), Dr. Piotr Mieczkowski (co-I, Professor,...

Whitmire and Lemon Labs Discover Key to Hepatitis A Replication, Show Drug Effectiveness

July 8, 2022
The laboratory of Dr. Jason Whitmire (Professor, Department of Genetics) collaborated with the laboratory of Dr. Stan Lemon (Professor, Department of Medicine) to publish the first study to demonstrate an effective drug treatment against hepatitis A virus in an animal model of disease. Dr. Ichiro Misumi (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was...

Department of Genetics Publications for June 19th – July 2nd, 2022

July 5, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during June 19th – July 2nd, 2022.

Jeremy Simon, PhD Promoted to Associate Professor

June 21, 2022
Dr. Jeremy Simon was promoted to Associate Professor, effective March 1, 2022.