Author Archives: Jonathon Cornett

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published seventeen papers during the first two weeks of May 2017. Comparison of Breast Cancer Molecular Features and Survival by African and European Ancestry in The Cancer Genome Atlas. Huo D, Hu H, Rhie SK, Gamazon ER, Cherniack AD, Liu J, Yoshimatsu TF, Pitt...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published thirteen papers during the second half of April 2017. Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African ancestry anthropometry genetics consortium. Ng MCY, Graff M, Lu Y, Justice AE, Mudgal P,...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published nine papers during the first half of April 2017. Energy balance modulation impacts epigenetic reprogramming, ERα and ERβ expression and mammary tumor development in MMTV-neu transgenic mice. Rossi EL, Dunlap SM, Bowers LW, Khatib SA, Doerstling SS, Smith LA, Sharma MA, , Holley...

Locus Biosciences, a precision medicine company spun out of NC State University has appointed Dr. Daniel Pomp (Research Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and Nutrition) to its science advisory board. Locus Biosciences, a precision medicine company spun out of NC State University has appointed Dr. Daniel Pomp (Research Professor, UNC...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published eleven papers during the second half of March 2017. Association analyses of East Asian individuals and trans-ancestry analyses with European individuals reveal new loci associated with cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Spracklen CN Chen P, Kim YJ, Wang X, Cai H, Li S, Long...