Thursday - Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Wen-Wei Liang
2025-01-16 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Wen-Wei Liang
“High-throughput Discovery of Epigenetic Drivers in Stochastic Selection”
Wen-Wei Liang, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Associate
NY Genome Center & NY University

CANCELLED Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Alexander Gusev
2025-01-17 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series – CANCELLED
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Alexander Gusev, Associate Professor at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Harvard Medical School, on Friday, January 17, 2025. Dr. Gusev’s talk title is “Leveraging large-scale epigenetic variation to identify novel context-specific disease mechanisms”. Dr. Gusev is hosted by Jason Stein, Associate Professor of Genetics.

Monday - UNC Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday 2025
2025-01-20 | NC
UNC Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Offices Closed
No Classes
UNC HR Holiday Calendar
UNC Academic Calendar

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Weerasinghe & Santa Rosa
2025-01-21 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 Isurika Weerasinghe from the Charles Perou Lab and Priscila Santa Rosa from the Jeff Sekelsky and Bob Duronio Labs.

Wednesday – CANCELLED - Department of Genetics Colloquium: Jason Stein
2025-01-22 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics Research Colloquium – CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER
The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Jason Stein, Associate Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and UNC Neuroscience Center, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025.
Genetics impacting brain size and function
1131 Bioinformatics Building

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: January 2025
2025-01-27 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, January 27, 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002
Lunch provided for this in-person meeting.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Nicholas & McAfee
2025-01-28 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 Jayna Nicholas from the Laura Raffield & Karen Mohlke Labs and Jessica McAfee from the Hyejung Won Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Harmony R. Salzler
2025-01-29 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 Harmony R. Salzler, Research Scientist in the lab of Greg Matera, UNC Departments of Biology & Genetics, on Wednesday, January 29, 2025.
Different Genes for Different Scenes: Exploring Context-Dependence Along the Set2/H3K36 Axis

Thursday - Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Matthew Jones
2025-01-30 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: Matthew Jones
“Unraveling the Evolutionary Principles of Cancer”
Matthew Jones, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford University

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Mahmoud & Lester
2025-02-04 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 Mohamed Mahmoud from the Jeff Sekelsky Lab and Sarah Lester from the Samir Kelada and Karen Mohlke Labs.

Tuesday – GMB Defense: Kevin Field
2025-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Kevin Field, student of Ian Davis. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Thursday - Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Inna Averbukh
2025-02-04 14:00 - 15:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Genetics/Computational Medicine/Cancer Center Faculty Candidate Seminar: Inna Averbukh
“Quantitative and Spatial Approaches to Women’s Health”
Inna Averbukh, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Stanford University

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Christoph Rau
2025-02-05 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 Christoph Rau, Assistant Professor, UNC Department of Genetics and Computational Medicine Program, on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.
But What’s In It? Better Understanding Heart Failure Through the Lens of Cell-Type Composition

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Kamat, Joshi, & Giri
2025-02-06 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 Kalika Kamat from the Martin Ferris & Mark Heise Labs, Keya Joshi from the Yinglong Miao Lab, and Gilbert Giri from the Daniel Dominguez Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Peter Castaldi
2025-02-07 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 Peter Castaldi, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, on Friday, February 7, 2025. Dr. Castaldi’s talk title is “Feeling the Stress: How GWAS Reveals Links Between COPD, Alternative Splicing, and Nonsense-Mediated Decay”. Dr. Castaldi is hosted by Alain Laederach, Professor of Biology.

Monday – Spring 2025 UNC Well-Being Day: No Classes
2025-02-10 | NC
UNC Well-Being Day
No Classes
Full Academic Calendar Here

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Jenny Goldstein
2025-02-12 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 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.
