Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Garrett Sessions & Lingbo Zhou
2024-10-30 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Garrett Sessions, Cell Biology and Physiology Graduate Student in the Jeremy Purvis & Brian Diekman Labs, and Lingbo Zhou, Biostatistics Graduate Student in the Yun Li Lab, on October 30, 2024.
Garrett Sessions: Tracing the temporal and subpopulation dynamics of long-term senescence induction
Lingbo Zhou: Revisiting the WHO Catalogue of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) Drug-Resistant Mutations: A Critical Review and Future Directions
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Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Sutcliffe & McGee
2024-10-31 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

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Thursday, October 31 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is Matthew Sutcliffe from the Charles Perou Lab and Teresa McGee from the William Valdar Lab.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Edmiston & Curtin
2024-11-05 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 Sharon Edmiston from the Nancy Thomas Lab and Ian Curtin from the Jason Stein Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Kathryn Gessner
2024-11-06 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 Kathryn H. Gessner, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UNC Departments of Urology and Genetics, November 6, 2024.
Unraveling the Complexity: The Impact of Intratumoral Heterogeneity in Genitourinary Cancers
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Wednesday – GMB Defense: Ying Wang
2024-11-06 12:00 - 13:00 | 2204 Medical Biomolecular Research Building
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Ying Wang, student of Pengda Liu. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Wednesday – BCB Student Defense: Ian Sturgill
2024-11-06 14:00 - 15:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Ian Sturgill
Student of Katie Hoadley & Jesse Raab
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 2:00pm
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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.

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Lin & Lee
2024-11-07 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series

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Thursday, November 7 at 10am
Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speaker is John Lin from the Jeremy Wang Lab and Jin Seok (Andy) Lee from the Ben Vincent & Alex Rubinsteyn Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Elizabeth Plender
2024-11-08 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 Elizabeth Plender, Graduate Researcher at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, University of Washington, November 8, 2024. Dr. Plender’s talk title is “Stuck in the MUC: analysis of structural genetic variation in mucin genes using long-read sequencing to reveal disease-associated polymorphisms”. Dr. Plender is hosted by Wanda O’Neal, Professor of Medicine-Pulmonary and Genetics.

Friday – GMB Defense: Daniel Kolbin
2024-11-08 15:00 - 16:00 | G100 Bondurant, 321 S. Columnbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Daniel Kolbin, student of Kerry Bloom. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Monday – GMB Defense: Victoria Parsons
2024-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | 2204 Medical Biomolecular Research Building
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Victoria Parsons, student of Karen Mohlke. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Cohen & Arroyo
2024-11-12 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 Jonathan Cohen from the Jason Whitmire Lab and Oscar Arroyo from the Daniel McKay Lab.

Tuesday – GMB Defense: Cyril Anyetei-Anum
2024-11-12 15:00 - 16:00 | 215 Coker Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Cyril Anyetei-Anum, student of Dan McKay. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Wednesday - Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease Symposium
2024-11-13 09:00 - 12:00 | 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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
