Wednesday – BCB Student Defense: Meaghan Kennedy Ng
2025-10-29 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Meaghan Kennedy Ng
Student of Terry Furey & Shehzad Sheikh
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 at 12:00pm
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.

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Karthikeyan & Gulec
2025-10-30 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 Dhuvarakesh (Dhuvi) Karthikeyan from the Alex Rubinsteyn and Ben Vincent Labs and Saygin Gulec from the Tim Elston and Klaus Hahn Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Jason Somarelli
2025-10-31 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 Jason Somarelli, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University, on Friday, October 31, 2025. Dr. Somarelli’s talk title is “Targeting cellular persistence to overcome hormone therapy resistance in prostate cancer”. Dr. Somarelli is hosted by Brian C Miller, UNC Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology.

Friday – BCB Student Defense: Nina Nishiyama
2025-10-31 13:00 - 14:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Nina Nishiyama
Student of Terry Furey & Shehzad Sheikh
Wednesday, October 29, 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.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Weerasinghe & VanDerMolen
2025-11-04 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 Isurika Weerasinghe from the Chuck Perou Lab and Kylie VanDerMolen from the Rob Dowen Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Dina O'Connell
2025-11-05 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 Dina O’Connell, Pathology Lan Medicine Graduate Student in the lab of Charles Perou, on Wednesday, November 5, 2025.
Genomic Characterization of the Tumor Microenvironment and Immune Activation in Breast Cancer

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Koirala & Forbes
2025-11-06 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 Kushal Koirala from the Alex Tropsha Lab and Kwame Forbes from the Daniel Dominguez and Maria Aleman Labs.

Friday – POSTPONED – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Rajula Elango Alleva
2025-11-07 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series
**THIS TALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN AND HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SPRING 2026.
The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Rajula Elango Alleva, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, on Friday, November 7, 2025. Dr. Alleva’s talk title is “Tracking the molecular fate of DNA-protein crosslinks in mammalian cells”. Dr. Alleva is hosted by Dale Ramsden, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Monday – GMB Defense: Mickey Murvin
2025-11-10 09:00 - 10:00 | G100 Bondurant, 321 S. Columnbia St., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Mickey Murvin, student of Mauro Calabrese. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Santa Rosa & Nicholas
2025-11-11 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 Priscila Santa Rosa from the Jeff Sekelsky & Bob Duronio Labs and Jayna Nicholas from the Laura Raffield & Karen Mohlke Labs.

Wednesday – BCB Student Defense: Jordan Valone
2025-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
BCB Curriculum Student Defense
Jordan Valone
Student of Jason Stein
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 12:00pm
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 – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Jordan Valone
2025-11-12 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 Jordan Valone, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the lab of Jason Stein, on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
Consider the Context: Characterizing Stimulus-Dependent Genetic Effects in Human Neural Progenitor Cells

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Flores & Breau
2025-11-13 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 JP Flores from the Doug Phanstiel Lab and Keith Breau from the Scott Magness & Tim Elston Labs.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Gina Pham
2025-11-14 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 Gina Pham, Associate Director, Genomics at Pairwise, on Friday, November 14, 2025. Dr. Pham’s talk title is “Game of Thorns: identification of a causal mutation for thornlessness in blackberry”. Dr. Pham is hosted by Mauro Calabrese, Associate Professor of Pharmacology.

Monday - UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting: November 2025
2025-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Pagano Conference Room, 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
UNC Department of Genetics Faculty Meeting
Monday, November 17 / 12-1pm
Pagano Conference Room, LCCC 00-002

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: McAfee & Nasr
2025-11-18 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 Jessica McAfee from the Hyejung Won Lab and Mohamed A. Nasr from the Jeff Sekelsky Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Yiyan Zhang
2025-11-19 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 Yiyan Zhang, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the lab of Yun Li, on Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
ST-COS: Simulator of Spatial Transcriptomic Data Preserving Gene-Gene Co-expression Patterns

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Connelly & Byun
2025-11-20 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 Sean Connelly from the Jonathan Juliano & Yun Li Labs and Jess Byun from the Doug Phanstiel Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Adrianna San Roman
2025-11-21 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 Adrianna San Roman, Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, on Friday, November 21, 2025. Dr. San Roman’s talk title is “The chromosomes that divide us: Exploring genomic contributions to sex differences in human biology”. Dr. San Roman is hosted by Doug Phanstiel, Associate Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology.

Thursday – UNC Thanksgiving Holiday
2025-11-28 | NC
UNC Thanksgiving Holiday 2025
No Classes
Offices Closed
Full Academic Calendar Here
Full UNC HR Calendar Here

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Anna Salvador
2025-12-03 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 Anna Salvador PhD, RD, LDN Postdoctoral Research Associate in the lab of Shehzad Sheikh, on Wednesday, December 3, 2025.
No stone unpassed: Dietary oxalate induces mucosal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases

Tuesday – GMB Defense: Jessica McAfee
2026-01-06 11:00 - 12:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics Building, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
GMB Curriculum Student Defense
GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Jessica McAfee, student of Hyejung Won. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Guannan (Bela) Huang
2026-01-07 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 Guannan (Bela) Huang, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the lab of Jenny Ting, on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
Myeloid-specific NLRP12 is a checkpoint of colonic inflammation by promoting taurine-driven microbiota

Friday - GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Laura Lee
2026-01-09 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 Laura Lee, Assistant Professor of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill, on Friday, January 9, 2026. Dr. Lee’s talk title is “How does GSH regulate cell cycle progression in plants?”. Dr. Lee is hosted by Dan McKay, Associate Professor of Biology and Genetics.

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Koitz
2026-01-13 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 speaker is Fred Koitz from the Kacy Gordon Lab.

Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Isurika Weerasinghe
2026-01-14 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 Isurika Weerasinghe, Genetics & Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the lab of Charles Perou, on Wednesday, January 14, 2026.
Characterizing desmosomal cell adhesion proteins highly expressed in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Videgar-Laird & Smyers
2026-01-15 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 and Nate Smyers from the Tim Elston Lab.

Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Jun Li
2026-01-16 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 Jun Li, Associate Professor, School of Data Science and Society at UNC Chapel Hill, on Friday, January 16, 2026. Dr. Li’s talk title is “Functional Proteomic Landscapes across Human Cancers”. Dr. Li is hosted by Will Valdar, Professor of Genetics and Biostatistics.

Monday - UNC Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday 2026
2026-01-19 | NC
UNC Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday
Offices Closed
No Classes
UNC HR Holiday Calendar
UNC Academic Calendar

Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Kornegay & Edwards
2026-01-20 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 Alyssa Edwards from the Cary Moody Lab.
