Wednesday - Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease Symposium
2024-11-13 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | MBRB G202, 111 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
WEDNESDAY November 13
9AM-12PM – G202 MBRB
Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease Symposium
Sponsored by UNC Department of Genetics, and Program of Statistical and Translational Genomics

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Samir Kelada
2024-11-13 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 Samir Kelada, PhD MPH, Associate Professor, UNC Departments of Genetics, November 13, 2024.
Stories of gene-environment interaction in the onset of lung disease phenotypes learned from the Collaborative Cross
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Karthikeyan & Gulec
2024-11-14 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

1131 Bioinformatics Building

Thursday, November 14 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Dhuvi Karthikeyan from Alex Rubinsteyn & Ben Vincent Labs and Saygin Gulec from the Tim Elston & Klaus Hahn Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Wenli Yang
2024-11-15 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 Wenli Yang, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, iPSC Core Facility, University of Pennsylvania, November 15, 2024. Dr. Yang’s talk title is “Interrogating type 2 diabetes GWAS targets in muscle using muscle cells, iPSCs and mouse”. Dr. Yang is hosted by Karen Mohlke, Professor & Associate Chair for Research of Genetics.

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: November 2024
2024-11-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, November 18, 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002
Lunch provided for this in-person meeting.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Brinkman & Branham
2024-11-19 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 Jackie Brinkman from the Jesse Raab Lab and Erica Branham from the Sarah Linnstaedt Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Erin Heinzen
2024-11-20 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 Erin Heinzen, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor, Eshelman School of Pharmacy and UNC Departments of Genetics, November 20, 2024.
Unraveling the molecular genetic signatures of focal epilepsy
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Louis-Marie Bobay
2024-11-22 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 Louis-Marie Bobay, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University, November 22, 2024. Dr. Bobay’s talk title is “Impact of recombination rate on the evolution of bacterial genomes”. Dr. Bobay is hosted by Qingyun Liu, Assistant Professor of Genetics.

Monday - AI in Genomics Symposium
2024-12-02 09:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
MONDAY December 2
9AM-11AM – 1131 Bioinformatics Building
AI in Genomics Symposium and Social
Sponsored by PSTG (Program of Statistical and Translational Genomics)

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Chack & Abrash
2024-12-03 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 Aaron Chack from the Chad Pecot Lab and Elizabeth Abrash from the Mauro Calabrese Lab.

Tuesday – BCB Student Defense: Sool Lee
2024-12-03 12:00 - 13:00 | 3116 Mary Ellen Jones Building, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Sool Lee
Student of Hyejung Won
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 12:00pm
3116 Mary Ellen Jones
Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
This student defense will be broadcast via Zoom. Link will be provided through UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology emails. Contact jcornett@email.unc.edu for meeting link if you have not received. Links will be provided to UNC affiliated email addresses only or through written consent of defending student.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Xihao Li
2024-12-04 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 Xihao Li, Assistant Professor, UNC Departments of Genetics and Biostatistics, December 4, 2024.
Statistical and Computational Methods for Integrative Analysis of Biobank-Scale Whole Genome Sequencing Studies
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Friday – PSTG Seminar Series: Ni Zhao, MS, MD, PhD
2024-12-06 12:00 - 13:00 | 5007 Genetic Medicine Building, 120 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
PSTG Seminar Series
The PSTG Seminar Series welcomes Ni Zhao, MS, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University, Friday, December 6, 2023. Dr. Zhao’s talk title is “Addressing Known and Unmeasured Heterogeneity in Microbiome Studies via Quantile Approaches”. Dr. Zhao is hosted by Yun Li, Professor of Genetics and Biostatistics.
5007 Genetic Medicine Building and on Zoom.

Wednesday – GMB Defense: Marielle Bond
2024-12-11 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Marielle Bond, student of Doug Phanstiel and Hyejung Won. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Marielle Bond
2024-12-11 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 Marielle Bond, Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Doug Phanstiel and Hyejung Won, December 11, 2024.
Long-range gene regulation in development and disease
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Rachel Lynch
2024-12-18 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 Rachel Lynch, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics, and Director, Systems Genetics Core Facility, December 18, 2024.
The Systems Genetics Core Facility: 5-year review of efforts to increase access, rigor, and reproducibility to the Collaborative Cross Population
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Martin Ferris
2025-01-08 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 Martin T. Ferris, Associate Professor, UNC Department of Genetics, on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.
Dissecting the genetic basis of protective and pathalogic adaptive immunity with the Collaborative Cross
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Thursday - Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Hyo Sik Jang
2025-01-09 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Hyo Sik Jang
“Leveraging epigenetic and metabolic vulnerabilities to improve immunotherapy approaches in genitourinary cancers”
Hyo Sik Jang, PhD
VAI Fellow
Van Andel Institute

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Jeffrey Bailey
2025-01-10 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 Jeffrey Bailey, Mencoff Family Associate Professor of Translational Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Brown University, on Friday, January 10, 2025. Dr. Bailey’s talk title is “The genomics and genetics of emerging drug and diagnostic resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in sub-Saharan Africa”. Dr. Bailey is hosted by UNC’s Genetic and Molecular Biology Graduate Students.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Zhao & Whitworth
2025-01-14 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 Jingyu Zhao from the Sam Lai Lab and Chloe Whitworth from the Bill Polacheck & Vicki Bautch Labs.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Laura Milko
2025-01-15 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 Laura Milko, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025.
Public Health Genetics: Advancing Rare Genetic Disease Research into Effective and Equitable Healthcare Practices
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Thursday - Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Wen-Wei Liang
2025-01-16 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Wen-Wei Liang
“High-throughput Discovery of Epigenetic Drivers in Stochastic Selection”
Wen-Wei Liang, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
NY Genome Center & NY University

CANCELLED Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Alexander Gusev
2025-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series – CANCELLED
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Alexander Gusev, Associate Professor at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, on Friday, January 17, 2025. Dr. Gusev’s talk title is “Leveraging large-scale epigenetic variation to identify novel context-specific disease mechanisms”. Dr. Gusev is hosted by Jason Stein, Associate Professor of Genetics.

Monday - UNC Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday 2025
2025-01-20 | NC
UNC Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Offices Closed
No Classes
UNC HR Holiday Calendar
UNC Academic Calendar

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Weerasinghe & Santa Rosa
2025-01-21 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 Isurika Weerasinghe from the Charles Perou Lab and Priscila Santa Rosa from the Jeff Sekelsky and Bob Duronio Labs.

Wednesday – CANCELLED - Department of Genetics Colloquium: Jason Stein
2025-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Jason Stein, Associate Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and UNC Neuroscience Center, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Genetics impacting brain size and function
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: January 2025
2025-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, January 27, 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002
Lunch provided for this in-person meeting.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Nicholas & McAfee
2025-01-28 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 Jayna Nicholas from the Laura Raffield & Karen Mohlke Labs and Jessica McAfee from the Hyejung Won Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Harmony R. Salzler
2025-01-29 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 Harmony R. Salzler, Research Scientist in the lab of Greg Matera, UNC Departments of Biology & Genetics, on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Different Genes for Different Scenes: Exploring Context-Dependence Along the Set2/H3K36 Axis

Thursday - Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Matthew Jones
2025-01-30 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Matthew Jones
“Unraveling the Evolutionary Principles of Cancer”
Matthew Jones, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford University
