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 (America/New_York) | 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
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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

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Murvin & Chiou
2024-10-08 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 Mickey Murvin from the Mauro Calabrese Lab and Lilly Chiou from the Cyrus Vaziri Lab.

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Guan & Davis
2024-10-10 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, October 10 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Kathy Guan from the Tim Elston Lab and Elizabeth Davis from the Tim Elston Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Zachary McCaw, PhD
2024-10-11 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 Zachary McCaw, PhD, Staff Machine Learning Scientist at Insitro, October 11, 2024. Dr. McCaw’s talk title is “Synthetic surrogates improve power for genome-wide association studies of partially missing phenotypes in population biobanks”. Dr. McCaw is hosted by Xihao Li, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics.

Monday – BCB Colloquium – Yinglong Mia & To Be Determined, BCB Faculty Presentations
2024-10-14 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 Yinglong Miao, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, and To Be Announced, this week.
Yinglong Miao
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Accelerated Molecular Dynamics and Drug Discovery

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Berglind & Singh
2024-10-15 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 Ana Berglind from the Erin Heinzen Lab and Noor Singh from the Kacy Gordon Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Elena Kharitonova
2024-10-16 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 Elena Kharitonova, Biostatistics PhD Candidate in the Yun Li Lab, UNC Departments of Genetics & Biostatistics, October 16, 2024.
Dissecting the Genetic Underpinnings of Chromatin Loops and Their Relationship to Transcriptional Regulation
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Wednesday – GMB Defense: Rami Major
2024-10-16 14:00 - 15:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Rami Major, student of Mark Zylka and Jean Cadigan. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Thursday – UNC Fall Break 2024
2024-10-17 | NC
UNC Fall Break
No classes
See full academic calendar HERE

Friday – UNC Fall Break 2024
2024-10-18 | NC

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: October 2024
2024-10-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, October 21, 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002
Lunch provided for this in-person meeting.
