Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

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.

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

Dr. Adam Pfefferle was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective March 1, 2022.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during March 13th – 26th 2022.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during February 27th – March 12th, 2022.

Dr. Hao Guo (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been awarded a four-year subcontract associated with a U19 grant at Columbia University titled “Center for High-Throughput Minimally-Invasive Radiation Biodosimetry” (David Brenner PI).

Dr. Marty Ferris (Associate Professor, Genetics) is part of a pilot project recently awarded a School of Medicine Office of Research and NC TraCS Translational Team Science Award (TTSA) for the project titled “Early-life Th2-skewing as a risk factor for allergic sensitization”.

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...

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.