Greg Smith, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has received a Junior Faculty Development Award from the UNC Provost’s Office.

Jeremy Purvis, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics and Computational Medicine) has been selected as a recipient of an Academic Leadership Fellowship by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences. 

On November 29, UNC graduate students Kerstin Baran, JP Flores, Jessica McAfee, and Rachel Szymanski, volunteered their time and expertise for a Shadow a Scientist outreach event held on the UNC Chapel Hill campus.

Nov. 15 was a day unlike any other for UNC Lineberger’s Katie Hoadley, PhD (Assistant Professor of Genetics).

Congratulations to Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Marielle Bond in the labs of Doug Phanstiel (Cell Biology and Physiology) and Hyejung Won (Genetics), for receiving the “People’s Choice Award” at the 2023 Three Minute Thesis Competition!

Ms. Kristy Lee has been promoted to Research Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective November 1, 2023.

Dr. Dominic Ciavatta has been promoted to Research Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective November 1, 2023.

The Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (MMRRC) is the premiere national public repository for mutant mice supported by NIH.

The Department of Genetics own Scott Young (Grants Manager) received the UNC SOM Dean’s Performance Award for his “exceptional contributions to research processes and innovations” during the Annual SOM Staff Summit at the UNC Friday Center on October 3, 2023.

Led by scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill and UC-San Francisco, research reveals new non-coding genetic variants associated with Alzheimer’s disease functioning in microglia – brain cells already implicated in the progression of this often-fatal neurodegenerative condition. Yun Li, PhD, professor of genetics, is the lead UNC School of Medicine researcher.