Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Steven Henikoff
2026-02-13 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 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 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.

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: February 2026
2026-02-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, February 16 / 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Szymanski, Rostamian, & Puller
2026-02-17 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 Rachel Szymanski from the Frank Conlon Lab, Hosein Rostamian from the Brian Strahl Lab, and Gabby Puller from the Pat Brennwald Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Gregory Smith
2026-02-18 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 Gregory Smith, Assistant Professor of Genetics and Co-Director, UNC Pulmonary and Inhalation Research Core, on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
From the genomes of the Collaborative Cross: a new mouse model for ozone health effects research

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Zhang & Hamilton
2026-02-19 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speakers are Yiyan Zhang from the Yun Li Lab and Nolan Hamilton from the Terry Furey Lab.

Friday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Coke & Boyson
2026-02-20 12:00 - 13:00 | 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 Addie Coke from the Bob Goldstein and Christina Burch Labs and Sam Boyson from the Mauro Calabrese Lab.
*This is a make-up date for talks cancelled previously due to weather.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Ran Zhang
2026-02-25 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 Ran Zhang, Assistant Professor, School of Data Science and Society, on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
Tracing gene programs across contexts and time to interpret development and disease

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Alison Motsinger-Reif
2026-02-27 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 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 of Genetics.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Amanda Linke
2026-04-01 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 Amanda Linke, Pharmacology Graduate Student in the lab of Charles Perou on Wednesday, April 1, 2026.
Targeting metabolic vulnerabilities in basal-like breast cancer
