GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Gina Pham, Associate Director, Genomics at Pairwise, on Friday, November 14, 2025. Dr. Pham’s talk title is “Game of Thorns: identification of a causal mutation for thornlessness in blackberry”. Dr. Pham is hosted by Mauro Calabrese, Associate Professor of Pharmacology.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Adrianna San Roman, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, on Friday, November 21, 2025. Dr. San Roman’s talk title is “The chromosomes that divide us: Exploring genomic contributions to sex differences in human biology”. Dr. San Roman is hosted by Doug Phanstiel, … Read more
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Laura Lee, Assistant Professor of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill, on Friday, January 9, 2026. Dr. Lee’s talk title is “How does GSH regulate cell cycle progression in plants?”. Dr. Lee is hosted by Dan McKay, Associate Professor of Biology and Genetics.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Jun Li, Associate Professor, School of Data Science and Society at UNC Chapel Hill, on Friday, January 16, 2026. Dr. Li’s talk title is “Functional Proteomic Landscapes across Human Cancers”. Dr. Li is hosted by Will Valdar, Professor of Genetics and Biostatistics.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Yarui Diao, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology at Duke University, on Friday, January 23, 2026. Dr. Diao’s talk title is “Regeneration Genomics: From Omics Technologies to Mechanism-Informed Regenerative Medicine”. Dr. Diao is hosted by Jill Dowen, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry & Biophysics.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Debra Silver, Professor in Cell Biology, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Investigator in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, at Duke University, on Friday, February 6, 2026. Dr. Silver’s talk title is “Building our brains: from development to evolution“. Dr. Silver is hosted by … Read more
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Steven Henikoff, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Basic Sciences Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, on Friday, February 13, 2026. Dr. Henikoff’s talk title is “Histone overexpression in cancer“. Dr. Henikoff is hosted by the UNC Genetics & Molecular Biology Graduate Students.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Alison Motsinger-Reif, Chief, Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch and Principal Investigator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, on Friday, February 27, 2026. Dr. Motsinger-Reif’s talk title is “Gene Environment Interactions in the Personalized Environment and Genes Study”. Dr. Motsinger-Reif is hosted by Samir Kelada, Professor … Read more
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Rajula Elango Alleva, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, on Friday, March 6, 2026. Dr. Alleva’s talk title is “DNA-Protein Crosslinks: Molecular Fate and Consequences for Human Health”. Dr. Alleva is hosted by Dale Ramsden, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Jichun Xie, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Computer Science, Member of the Duke Cancer Institute at Duke University, on Friday, March 13, 2026. Dr. Xie’s talk title is “A transcriptomics-native foundation model for universal cell representation and virtual cell synthesis”. Dr. Xie is hosted by Yun … Read more