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Open Applications for UNC School of Medicine Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Mini Grants

May 6, 2022
In support of the work that you do, the UNC School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will be offering awards in the amount of $1500 - $2000, to assist with DEI requests and projects.

Ting Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 6, 2022
Jenny Ting, PhD, in the UNC Department of Genetics, was among the 120 scientists elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

NIH Features Pardo-Manuel de Villena Lab

May 5, 2022
The NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs featured the lab of Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, chair of the UNC Department of Genetics, for its crucial scientific contributions to improving research conducted with mouse models of human diseases.

Dr. Jenny Ting Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

April 29, 2022
Jenny P. Ting, PhD (William Rand Kenan Professor of Genetics) has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Department of Genetics Publications April 10th – 23rd, 2022

April 25, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during April 10th – 23rd, 2022.

Kelada and Mohlke awarded 5-year R01 from NIEHS

April 21, 2022
Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor, Genetics) and Dr. Karen Mohlke (Professor, Genetics) were awarded a 5 year R01 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) titled “Regulatory Genomics of Ozone Air Pollution Response in Vitro and In Vivo”.

Li, Stein and Zhu Labs Publish Paper in Nature Genetics

April 12, 2022
The laboratories of Drs. Yun Li (Professor, Genetics), Jason Stein (Associate Professor, Genetics) and Hongtu Zhu (Professor, Computer Science and Genetics) published a paper titled “Common variants contribute to intrinsic human brain functional networks” in Nature Genetics 2022 Apr 7.

Department of Genetics Publications March 27th – April 9th, 2022

April 11, 2022
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 17 papers during March 27th – April 9th, 2022.

Keriayn Smith, PhD Selected to Attend NSF “Ideas Lab” Activity

April 7, 2022
Dr. Keriayn Smith (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been invited to participate in the “Dark Dimensions of the RNA Regulome” Ideas Lab Activity sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Hector Franco, PhD Receives Ovarian Cancer Pilot Study Award

April 4, 2022
Dr. Hector Franco (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has received a pilot study award from the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research.