Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development and the School of Medicine Nominating Committee announced the results of the 2021 Standing Committees election.

The Advisory Councils for each of the Institute/Councils (ICs) of NIH meet three times a year- January/February, May/June and September/October.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published fifteen papers during March 21-April 3, 2021.

Research from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Jenny Ting, PhD, shows that the widely used drug metformin reduces metabolism of infected T cells to suppress HIV replication.

Office of Graduate Education issues community standards document, explaining expectations for the research training environment, expectations of basic science research advisors and faculty expectations of BBSP-affiliated students.

NIH released NOT-OD-21-073 in March 2021 announcing revised guidelines for the NIH Biosketch and Other Support document for any submission with a due date on or after May 25th, 2021.

Dr. Martin Ferris Promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published ten papers during March 7-20, 2021.

Highlights, service awards, personal reflections on the past year, covid vaccination updates, performance review process.

Avani Saraswatula, an undergraduate student in the laboratory of Dr. Fernando Pardo Manuel de Villena, together with fellow Biomedical Engineering students Maddie Smith and Anne Hope Cooper created POPSolutions, a group with a goal to provide a better, non-surgical solution to pelvic organ prolapse.