Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Jenny Goldstein
2025-02-12 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 Jenny Goldstein, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics, on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
Assessing the pathogenicity of genetic variants in human lysosomal diseases

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Forbes & Risemberg
2025-02-13 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 Kwame Forbes from the Daniel Dominguez & Maria Aleman Labs and Ellen Risemberg from the William Valdar & Martin Ferris Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Matthew Hahn
2025-02-14 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 Matthew Hahn, Distinguished Professor of Biology and Computer Science at Indiana University, on Friday, February 14, 2025. Dr. Hahn’s talk title is “The “faulty male” hypothesis: Implications for evolution and disease”. Dr. Hahn is hosted by Dan Schrider, Associate Professor of Genetics.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Kornegay & Koitz
2025-02-18 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 Benjamin Kornegay from the Jill Dowen Lab and Fred Koitz from the Kacy Gordon Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: CANCELLED
2025-02-19 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 scheduled on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 has been cancelled due to a Winter Weather Advisory for our area.

Thursday – CANCELLED - BCB Student Seminar Series: Eberhard & Connelly
2025-02-20 10:00 - 11:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Student Seminar Series
TODAY’S TALKS ARE CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS AND UNC AT CONDITION 2.

Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology. This week’s speakers are Quinn Eberhard from the Mauro Calabrese & Alain Laederach Labs and Sean Connelly from the Jonathan Juliano & Yun Li Labs.

Friday – CANCELLED - GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Berkley Gryder
2025-02-21 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
CANCELLED – SPEAKER IS RESCHEDULED TO MAY 2 DUE TO WEATHER.
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Berkley Gryder, Assistant Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Department of Genetics & Genome Sciences, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, on Friday, February 21, 2025. Dr. Gryder’s talk title is “Drugging Enhancer Addition in Cancer”. Dr. Gryder is hosted by Nate Hathaway, Associate Professor, Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Gural & Fox
2025-02-25 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 Brian Gural from the Christoph Rau Lab and Geoff Fox from the Jill Dowen & Brian Strahl Labs.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Sarah Schoenrock
2025-02-26 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 Sarah Schoenrock, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and Director, Research Project Management, on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
Research Development and Project Management in the Department of Genetics – Building a Model for Growth

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Eberhard & Connelly
2025-02-27 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 Quinn Eberhard from the Mauro Calabrese & Alain Laederach Labs and Sean Connelly from the Jonathan Juliano & Yun Li Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Julia Mack
2025-02-28 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 Julia Mack, Assistant Adjunct Professor, Division of Cardiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Friday, February 28, 2025. Dr. Mack’s talk title is “Flow Mediated Mechanisms of Vascular Resilience”. Dr. Mack is hosted by Victoria Bautch, Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology and William Polacheck, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering.

Monday – BCB Student Defense: Alex Crocker
2025-03-03 09:00 - 10:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Alex Crocker
Student of Tim Elston & Amy Gladfelter
Monday, March 3, 2025 at 9:00am
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.

Monday – GMB Defense: Ellysa Vogt
2025-03-03 15:00 - 16:00 | G030 Bondurant Hall, 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Ellysa Vogt, student of Amy Gladfelter. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Tuesday – CANCELLED - GMB Student Seminar Series: Edwards & Coke
2025-03-04 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 Alyssa Edwards from the Dale Ramsden Lab and Addie Coke from the Bob Goldstein and Christina Burch Labs.
CANCELLED
These talks have been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Ageliki Tsagaratou
2025-03-05 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 Ageliki Tsagaratou, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025.
Ten Eleven Translocation (TET) proteins in the spotlight: emerging roles in T cell development and function

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Videgar-Laird, Lobanov, & Nallathambi
2025-03-06 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 Ryan Videgar-Laird from the Katie Hoadley Lab, Alec Lobanov from the Charles Perou Lab, and Amrita Nallathambi from the Brian Kuhlman Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Sedona Murphy
2025-03-07 09:00 - 10:00 | 2004 Marsico Hall, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Sedona Murphy, Associate Research Scientist in Cell Biology at Yale School of Medicine, on Friday, March 7, 2025. Dr. Murphy’s talk title is “Polymer insights: merging modeling and chromatin tracing to define the role of chromatin organization in epigenetic memory stability”. Dr. Murphy is hosted by UNC’s Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Students.

Friday – GMB Defense: Nila Pazhayam
2025-03-07 10:00 - 11:00 | G030 Bondurant Hall, 321 South Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Nila Pazhayam, student of Jeff Sekelsky. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

UNC Spring Break 2025
2025-03-08 - 2025-03-16 | NC
UNC Spring Break 2025
See full academic calendar HERE.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: No Talk This Week
2025-03-12 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium
There will be NO talk in this series on Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium will resume on Wednesday, March 19, 2025.

Friday – BCB Student Defense: Kathy Guan
2025-03-14 13:00 - 14:00 | 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.
