Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Wienecke & Valone
2024-09-19 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

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Thursday, September 19 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Anastacia Wienecke from the Alain Laederach Lab and Jordan Valone from the Jason Stein Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Xin He, PhD
2024-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Xin He, PhD, the University of Chicago, September 20, 2024. Dr. He’s talk title is “Linking genetic variants to phenotypes through genes and biological processes”. Dr. He is hosted by Yun Li, Professor of Genetics and Biostatistics.

Monday – Fall 2024 UNC Well-Being Day: No Classes
2024-09-23 | NC
UNC Well-Being Day
No Classes
Full Academic Calendar Here

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: McPherson & Kolbin
2024-09-24 09:00 - 10:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
This week’s speakers are Jeanne-Marie McPherson from the Bob Duronio and Dan McKay Labs and Daniel Kolbin from the Kerry Bloom Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Shawn T. O'Neil
2024-09-25 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Shawn T. O’Neil, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics, September 25, 2024.
Finding Long COVID: Temporal Topic Modeling of Electronic Health Records
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Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Nishiyama & Tucker
2024-09-26 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

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Thursday, September 26 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Nina Nishiyama from the Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh Labs and Nyssa Tucker from the Alexander Tropsha Lab.

Sunday through Tuesday - UNC Scientific Retreat 2024
2024-09-29 - 2024-10-01 | Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort, 10000 Beach Club Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC, 29572, United States
UNC Genetics Retreat 2024
The 2024 UNC Scientific Retreat with the Department of Genetics, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology will be held Sunday, September 29-Tuesday, October 1, 2024. This year’s retreat will be held in Myrtle Beach, SC at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Don Fox, PhD
2024-10-04 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Don Fox, PhD, Duke University of Medical Center, October 4, 2024. Dr. Fox’s talk title is “Super-sized cells and not-so-silent mutations in organ development”. Dr. Fox is hosted by Greg Matera, Professor of Biology and Genetics.

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Kerry Bloom & Parul Johri, BCB Faculty Presentations
2024-10-07 16:00 - 17:00 | NC
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium
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The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Kerry Bloom, Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor of Biology, and Parul Johri, Assistant Professor of Biology and Genetics, this week.
Kerry Bloom
Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor of Biology
Building centromere springs for chromosome segregation

Parul Johri
Assistant Professor of Biology and Genetics
Jointly modeling the effects of evolutionary processes on genomic variation

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Murvin & Chiou
2024-10-08 09:00 - 10:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
This week’s speakers are Mickey Murvin from the Mauro Calabrese Lab and Lilly Chiou from the Cyrus Vaziri Lab.

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Guan & Davis
2024-10-10 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

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Thursday, October 10 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Kathy Guan from the Tim Elston Lab and Elizabeth Davis from the Tim Elston Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Zachary McCaw, PhD
2024-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Zachary McCaw, PhD, Staff Machine Learning Scientist at Insitro, October 11, 2024. Dr. McCaw’s talk title is “Synthetic surrogates improve power for genome-wide association studies of partially missing phenotypes in population biobanks”. Dr. McCaw is hosted by Xihao Li, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics.

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Yinglong Mia & To Be Determined, BCB Faculty Presentations
2024-10-14 16:00 - 17:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium
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The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Yinglong Miao, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, and To Be Announced, this week.
Yinglong Miao
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics and Drug Discovery

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Berglind & Singh
2024-10-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
This week’s speakers are Ana Berglind from the Erin Heinzen Lab and Noor Singh from the Kacy Gordon Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Elena Kharitonova
2024-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Elena Kharitonova, Biostatistics PhD Candidate in the Yun Li Lab, UNC Departments of Genetics & Biostatistics, October 16, 2024.
Dissecting the Genetic Underpinnings of Chromatin Loops and Their Relationship to Transcriptional Regulation
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Wednesday – GMB Defense: Rami Major
2024-10-16 14:00 - 15:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Rami Major, student of Mark Zylka and Jean Cadigan. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Thursday – UNC Fall Break 2024
2024-10-17 | NC
UNC Fall Break
No classes
See full academic calendar HERE

Friday – UNC Fall Break 2024
2024-10-18 | NC

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: October 2024
2024-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, October 21, 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002
Lunch provided for this in-person meeting.

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Fei Zou & To Be Determined, BCB Faculty Presentations
2024-10-21 16:00 - 17:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium
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The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Fei Zou, Professor of Biostatistics, and To Be Announced, this week.
Fei Zou
Professor of Biostatistics
Enhanced Analytic Tools for Complex Biological Data Evaluation and Integration

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Si & Quickstad
2024-10-22 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
This week’s speakers are Yibo Si from the Henrik Dohlman Lab and Gabi Quickstad from the Terry Magnuson and Karl Shpargel Labs.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Lina Guan & Jayna Nicholas
2024-10-23 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Lina Guan, Biostatistics Graduate Student in the Yun Li Lab, UNC Departments of Genetics & Biostatistics, and Jayna Nicholas, Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the Laura Raffield Lab, UNC Department of Genetics, on October 23, 2024.
Lina Guan: Brain cell type transcriptome-wide association analysis identifies novel genes underlying incident stroke in high-risk individuals with chronic kidney disease
Jayna Nicholas: Cross-Ancestry Comparison of Aptamer and Antibody Proteomics Measures
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Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Dabi & Tanikella
2024-10-24 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

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Thursday, October 24 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Amjad Dabi from the Dan Schrider Lab and Pradham Tanikella from the Di Wu Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Shi-Yong Sun, PhD
2024-10-25 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Shi-Yong Sun, PhD, Professor at Emory University School of Medicine, October 25, 2024. Dr. Sun’s talk title is “Managing the challenge issue of acquired resistance to third generation EGFR-TKIs in the treatment of lung cancer”. Dr. Sun is hosted by Pengda Liu, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Jonathan Schisler & William Valdar
2024-10-28 16:00 - 17:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium
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The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Jonathan Schisler, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, and William Valdar, Professor of Genetics & Biostatistics, this week.
Jonathan Schisler
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
Integrating Local and Systemic Molecular Features to Define Respiratory Distress Endotypes
William Valdar
Professor of Genetics & Biostatistics
Integrating haplotype and causal inference approaches to study gene by treatment effects in humans and rodents

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Johnsen & Gohil
2024-10-29 09:00 - 10:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
This week’s speakers are Sean Johnsen from the Dan McKay Lab and Riya Gohil from the Jill Dowen Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Garrett Sessions & Lingbo Zhou
2024-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Garrett Sessions, Cell Biology and Physiology Graduate Student in the Jeremy Purvis & Brian Diekman Labs, and Lingbo Zhou, Biostatistics Graduate Student in the Yun Li Lab, on October 30, 2024.
Garrett Sessions: Tracing the temporal and subpopulation dynamics of long-term senescence induction
Lingbo Zhou: Revisiting the WHO Catalogue of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) Drug-Resistant Mutations: A Critical Review and Future Directions
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Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Sutcliffe & McGee
2024-10-31 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

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Thursday, October 31 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Matthew Sutcliffe from the Charles Perou Lab and Teresa McGee from the William Valdar Lab.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Edmiston & Curtin
2024-11-05 09:00 - 10:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
This week’s speakers are Sharon Edmiston from the Nancy Thomas Lab and Ian Curtin from the Jason Stein Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Kathryn Gessner
2024-11-06 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Kathryn H. Gessner, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNC Departments of Urology and Genetics, November 6, 2024.
Unraveling the Complexity: The Impact of Intratumoral Heterogeneity in Genitourinary Cancers
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