Friday – BCB Student Defense: Kathy Guan
2025-03-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Kathy Guan
Student of Tim Elston
Friday, March 14, 2025 at 1:00pm
1131 Bioinformatics Building
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.

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: March 2025
2025-03-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, March 17, 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Boyson & Troncoso
2025-03-18 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 Sam Boyson from the Mauro Calabrese Lab and Karla Troncoso from the Bob Duronio Lab.

Wednesday – BCB Student Defense: Amjad Dabi
2025-03-19 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Amjad Dabi
Student of Dan Schrider
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10:00am
1131 Bioinformatics Building
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: Qingyun Liu
2025-03-19 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 Qingyun Liu, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.
From Global Dissemination to Local Outbreak: A Genomic Investigation of the Recent Expansion and Evolutionary Drivers of Mycobacterium abscessus

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Rashid & Pharr
2025-03-20 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 Tooba Rashid from the Doug Phanstiel Lab and Tooba Rashid from the Yun Li Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Amy Weinmann
2025-03-21 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 Amy Weinmann, Professor of Medicine-Rheumatology at the University of Chicago, on Friday, March 21, 2025. Dr. Weinmann’s talk title is “Translating mechanisms between species: defining how evolutionary genome rearrangements affect gene programming potential in immune cells”. Dr. Weinmann is hosted by Ageliki Tsagaratou, Assistant Professor of Genetics.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Szymanski & Sokolowski
2025-03-25 09:00 - 10:00 | 6004 Marsico Hall, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, 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 and Mallory Sokolowski from the Jesse Raab Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Margarita Dzama-Karels
2025-03-26 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 Margarita Dzama-Karels, Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Jesse Raab Lab, UNC Department of Genetics, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
The role of the menin-MLL complex in hepatocellular carcinoma survival and its potential for future treatment options

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Smyers & Kelestemur
2025-03-27 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 Nate Smyers from the Tim Elston Lab and Enes Kelestemur from the Alex Tropsha Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Jadiel Wasson
2025-03-28 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 Jadiel Wasson, James Weldon Johnson Assistant Professor of Biology at New York University, on Friday, March 28, 2025. Dr. Wasson’s talk title is “From external cues to internal states: tuning inherited information”. Dr. Wasson is hosted by our Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Students.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Salcido & Gerdes Gyuricza
2025-04-01 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 Ryan Salcido from the Mauro Calabrese Lab and Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza from the Jonathan Parr Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Jason Stein
2025-04-02 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 Jason Stein, Associate Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and UNC Neuroscience Center, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
Genetics impacting brain size and function

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Hamilton & Gillman
2025-04-03 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 Nolan Hamilton from the Terry Furey Lab and Madeline Gillman from the Laura Raffield Lab.

Friday – CANCELLED – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Deborah Winter
2025-04-04 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
*THIS TALK ON APRIL 4 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.*
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Deborah Winter, Associate Professor of Medicine-Rheumatology at Northwestern University, on Friday, April 4, 2025. Dr. Winter’s talk title is “A GRaNd Approach to Deciphering the Role of Macrophages in Disease”. Dr. Winter is hosted by Terry Furey, Professor of Genetics and Biology.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Puller & Okoroafor
2025-04-08 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 Gabby Puller from the Pat Brennwald Lab and Uchechi Okoroafor from the Sam Young Lab.

Tuesday – GMB Defense: Natalie Rittenhouse
2025-04-08 15:30 - 16:30 | G100 Bondurant, 321 S. Columnbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Natalie Rittenhouse, student of Jill Dowen. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Wednesday – GMB Defense: Rachel DuMez-Kornegay
2025-04-09 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: Rachel DuMez-Kornegay, student of Rob Dowen. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Rachel DuMez-Kornegay
2025-04-09 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 DuMez-Kornegay, Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the lab of Rob Dowen, on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.
Spilling the Tea: Elucidating the Host Response to the Consumption of Kombucha

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Daigle & Ambroise
2025-04-10 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 Austin Daigle from the Parul Johri and Dan Schrider Labs and Rachelle Ambroise from the Li Qian and Di Wu Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Sabrina Spencer
2025-04-11 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 Sabrina Spencer, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at University of Colorado Boulder, on Friday, April 11, 2025. Dr. Spencer’s talk title is “Mechanisms of sensitivity and resistance to CDK2 inhibitors”. Dr. Spencer is hosted by our Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Students.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Madden & Lerner
2025-04-15 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 Ethan Madden from the Brian Strahl Lab and Lynn Lerner from the Gaorav Gupta Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Prabuddha Chakraborty
2025-04-16 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 Prabuddha Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.
The role of chromatin remodelers in meiotic germ cell development

Thursday – Spring 2025 UNC Well-Being Day: No Classes
2025-04-17 | NC
UNC Well-Being Day
No Classes
Full Academic Calendar Here

Friday – UNC Spring Holiday 2025
2025-04-18 | NC
UNC Spring Holiday 2025
No Classes
Offices Closed
Full Academic Calendar Here
Full UNC HR Calendar Here

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: April 2025
2025-04-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, April 21 / 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Hysong & Harry
2025-04-22 09:00 - 10:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology.
This week’s speakers are Micah Hysong from the Laura Raffield Lab and Clayton Harry from the Bob Goldstein Lab.

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Adediwura
2025-04-24 10:00 - 11:00 | NC
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 speaker is Victor Adediwura from the Yinglong Miao Lab.
This is the final date of the Spring 2025 series.
A BCB Student Town Hall will follow this talk at 10:30am.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Michael Guertin
2025-04-25 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 Michael Guertin, Associate Professor, Genetics and Genome Sciences and Program Director, Graduate Program in Systems Biology at University of Connecticut, on Friday, April 25, 2025. Dr. Guertin’s talk title is “Molecular tracking of differentiation cascades and mechanisms of direct repression by a transcriptional activator”. Dr. Guertin is hosted by Jill Dowen, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Genetics and Molecular Biology Associate Director of Graduate Studies.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Gomez & Rostamian
2025-04-29 09:00 - 10:00 | 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 Alejandro Gomez from the Hyejung Won Lab and Hosein Rostamian from the Brian Strahl Lab.
