Friday – BCB Student Defense: Ellen Risemberg
2026-01-23 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Ellen Risemberg
Student of Martin Ferris and William Valdar
Friday, January 23, 2025 at 1:30pm
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 - CANCELLED - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: January 2026
2026-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, January 26 / 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002
*This meeting has been cancelled due to weather conditions. UNC at Condition 2.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Coke & Boyson
2026-01-27 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 Addie Coke from the Bob Goldstein and Christina Burch Labs and Sam Boyson from the Mauro Calabrese Lab.

Wednesday – GMB Defense: Carolyn Turcotte
2026-01-28 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant, 321 S. Columnbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Carolyn Turcotte, student of Jeff Sekelsky. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
*Note new date, time, and location due to weather conditions.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Brian Chen
2026-01-28 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 Brian Chen, Biostatistics Graduate Student in the lab of Yun Li, on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.
Multi-Omic Phenotype Prediction via OMEGA: Omics Multi-modality Embedding via Graphical & Articulated data

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Alkhawaja & Hamilton
2026-01-29 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 Abdalla Alkhawaja from the Karen Mohlke & Terry Furey Labs and Nolan Hamilton from the Terry Furey Lab.

Tuesday – CANCELLED - GMB Student Seminar Series: Lerner & Szymanski
2026-02-03 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 Lynn Lerner from the Gaorav Gupta Lab and Rachel Szymanski from the Frank Conlon Lab.
CANCELLED – UNC at Condition 2

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Christopher Hartl
2026-02-04 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 Christopher Hartl, Chief Technology Officer at Epigenome Technologies, on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
Deciphering Single-Cell Chromatin Landscapes in the Human Immune System: A First Look

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Gillman & Daigle
2026-02-05 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 Madeline Gillman from the Laura Raffield Lab and Austin Daigle from the Parul Johri and Dan Schrider Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Debra Silver
2026-02-06 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 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 Jason Stein, Associate Professor of Genetics.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Sokolowski & Salcido
2026-02-10 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 Mallory Sokolowski from the Jesse Raab Lab and Ryan Salcido from the Mauro Calabrese Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Natalie Stanley
2026-02-11 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 Natalie Stanley, Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Genetics, on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
Learning to reprogram the immune system for resilient brain aging

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Ambroise & Adediwura
2026-02-12 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 Rachelle Ambroise from the Li Qian and Di Wu Labs and Victor Adediwura from the Yinglong Miao Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Steven Henikoff
2026-02-13 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 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.

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

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
