Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Kalika Kamat
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Monday – UNC Holiday – Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday 2026
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Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Kornegay & Edwards
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.
Wednesday – Department of Genetics Colloquium: Kalika Kamat
Genetics Research Colloquium The UNC Department of Genetics Research Colloquium welcomes Kalika Kamat, Bioinformatics & Computational Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Martin Ferris and Mark Heise, on Wednesday, January 21, 2026. Genetic architecture of immune homeostasis in the collaborative cross
Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Rashid & Pharr
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 Deontae Pharr from the Yun Li Lab.
Thursday – GMB Defense: Yibo Si
GMB Curriculum Student Defense GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Yibo Si, student of Henrik Dohlman. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Yarui Diao
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Yarui Diao, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology at Duke University, on Friday, January 23, 2026. Dr. Diao’s talk title is “Regeneration Genomics: From Omics Technologies to Mechanism-Informed Regenerative Medicine”. Dr. Diao is hosted by Jill Dowen, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry & Biophysics.
Friday – BCB Student Defense: Ellen Risemberg
BCB Curriculum Student Defense Ellen Risemberg Student of Martin Ferris and William Valdar Friday, January 23, 2025 at 1:30pm 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 … Read more
