Week of Events
Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Koitz
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
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
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
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.
