Monday – GMB Defense: Brandon Mouery
2024-06-17 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Brandon Mouery, student of Jean Cook. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Tuesday – GMB Defense: Ryan Mouery
2024-06-18 10:00 - 11:00 | 321 MacNider Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Ryan Mouery, student of Mike Emanuele. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Monday – BCB Student Defense: Josh Hochuli
2024-07-15 14:00 - 15:00 | NC
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Josh Hochuli
Student of Alex Tropsha
Monday, July 15, 2024 at 2:00pm
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.

Wednesday – GMB Defense: Marta Cruz Cisneros
2024-07-24 13:00 - 14:00 | G030 Bondurant Hall, 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Marta Cruz Cisneros, student of Mark Heise and Martin Ferris. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: July 2024
2024-07-29 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, July 29, 12-1pm
1131 Bioinformatics Building
Lunch provided for this in-person meeting.

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Qingyun Liu & Adam Palmer
2024-08-26 16:00 - 17:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium
1131 Bioinformatics Building

The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Qingyun Liu, Assistant Professor of Genetics, and Adam Palmer, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, this week.
Qingyun Liu
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Population Genomics-Guided Dissection of Antibiotic Resistance and Transmission in Bacterial Pathogens

Adam Palmer
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
How do drug combinations cure cancer?

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Parsons & Turcotte
2024-08-27 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 Victoria Parsons from the Karen Mohlke Lab and Carolyn Turcotte from the Jeff Sekelsky Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Keriayn Smith
2024-08-28 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 Keriayn Smith, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and Data Science on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
Towards an AI/ML toolkit for predicting RNA function
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Wilson
2024-08-29 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, August 29 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Emma Wilson from the Karen Mohlke and Yun Li Labs.

UNC Holiday – Labor Day 2024
2024-09-02 | NC
UNC Holiday – Labor Day 2024
No Classes; Offices Closed.
See full academic calendar here.
See full HR calendar here.

Tuesday – Fall 2024 UNC Well-Being Day: No Classes
2024-09-03 | NC
UNC Well-Being Day
No Classes
Full Academic Calendar Here

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: NO Talks This Week (9/3)
2024-09-03 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.
No talks this week.
UNC Well-Being Day.
Classes are cancelled.

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Kennedy Ng & Harigaya
2024-09-05 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, September 5 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Meaghan Kennedy Ng from the Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh Labs and Yuriko Harigaya from the Michael Love and William Valdar Labs.

Research at UNC with All of Us Data Workshop Series - Getting Started
2024-09-05 11:30 - 13:00 | 3116 Mary Ellen Jones Building, 116 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
All Of Us is an NIH-supported research program that brings together academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and community partners to gain deeper insights into human health via data science.
The Raffield Lab, TISLab, and UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) present a workshop series in fall 2024 to introduce researchers, clinicians, faculty, staff, and students at UNC to both the Researcher Workbench and All Of Us data. Join us to get acquainted this powerful resource and connect with colleagues with similar interests.
Workshop 1 – Thursday September 5, 2024 from 11:30am-1:00pm
Mary Ellen Jones 3116. Lunch provided.
For more information and to register, click here.
Questions? Contact sabrina_powell@med.unc.edu

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Jason Stein & Alexander Tropsha, BCB Faculty Presentations
2024-09-09 16:00 - 17:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium
1131 Bioinformatics Building

The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Jason Stein, Associate Professor of Genetics & Neuroscience Center, and Alexander Tropsha, K.H. Lee Distinguished Professor at UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, this week.
Jason Stein
Associate Professor of Genetics & Neuroscience Center
Cellular Resolution Imaging of Intact Mouse Brains and Human Organoids

Alexander Tropsha
K.H. Lee Distinguished Professor
UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
ML-accelerated Knowledge Mining of Ultra-Large Biomedical Databases

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Fraser and Droby
2024-09-10 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 Caroline Fraser from the Ian Davis Lab and Gaith Droby from the Cyrus Vaziri Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Kate Foreman
2024-09-11 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 Kate Foreman, MS, CGC, Clinical Assistant Professor and Genetic Counselor, UNC Department of Genetics, September 11, 2024.
Stopping to think if (and how) we should: pursuing evidence-based genomic health
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Crocker & Woolard
2024-09-12 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, September 12 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Alex Crocker from the Tim Elston and Amy Gladfelter Labs and Alice Woolard from the Sarah Linnstaedt Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Kevin Van Bortle, PhD
2024-09-13 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 Kevin Van Bortle, PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, September 13, 2024. Dr. Van Bortle’s talk title is “An expanding universe of RNA polymerase III transcription, regulation, and function”. Dr. Van Bortle is hosted by Douglas Phanstiel, Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Physiology.

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: September 2024
2024-09-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, September 16, 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002
Lunch provided for this in-person meeting.

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Shawn Ahmed & Jill Dowen, BCB Faculty Presentations
2024-09-16 16:00 - 17:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Colloquium
1131 Bioinformatics Building

The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Shawn Ahmed, Professor of Genetics & Biology, and Jill Dowen, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics; Biology, this week.
Shawn Ahmed
Professor of Genetics & Biology
On the structure and possible function(s) of telomere RNA

Jill Dowen
Associate Professor
Biochemistry & Biophysics; Biology
Decoding the Impact of Chromosome Architecture on Transcriptional Regulation with short and long read sequencing

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Wienecke & Valone
2024-09-19 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, 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

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
1131 Bioinformatics Building

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

1131 Bioinformatics Building

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
1131 Bioinformatics Building

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
