Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

The paper, published by Drs. Wesley Krouse, Samir Kelada and William Valdar in GENETICS December 2020, was selected for the 2020 Spotlight collection of research and scholarship excellence published in the GSA journals.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twenty papers during Jan. 24 – Feb. 6, 2021.

Dr. Yun Li has been appointed Professor in the Departments of Genetics and Biostatistics, effective February 1, 2021.

Details about the UNC Chancellor’s Science Scholars Program can be found in the slides provided by Dr. Thomas Freeman, Executive Director. Department faculty are encouraged to get involved.

Department metrics, covid-19 testing and vaccine guidance, how to volunteer in vaccine distribution centers.

UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger scientists co-led by Jenny Ting, PhD, and Yisong Wan, PhD, uncovered a new molecular pathway important for the regulation of the adaptive immune system and the mitigation of autoimmune disease.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published seven papers during Jan. 10-23, 2021.

Dr. Pardo Manuel de Villena (Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics) has been reappointed as an Oliver Smithies Investigator for an additional five years, through June 2025.

Dr. Hyejung Won (Assistant Professor, Genetics) received a UNC Junior Faculty Development Award from the Office of the Provost. 

Dr. Katarzyna (Kasia) Kedziora has been appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective Jan. 4, 2021.