Department of Genetics Publications for February 2026

March 17, 2026

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 26 papers in February 2026.

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Jon Rosen (Assistant Professor of Genetics) et al. publish paper in AJHG

March 16, 2026

Jon Rosen (Assistant Professor of Genetics) et al. publish paper in AJHG titled “Higher eQTL power reveals signals that boost GWAS colocalization”.

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Haendel Publishes Health Data Policy Paper in Science

March 6, 2026

Dr. Melissa Haendel (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) is first author on a newly published paper in Science titled “Governing real-world health data as a public utility”.

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Wolff Promoted to Associate Professor

March 5, 2026

Dr. Sam Wolff was promoted to Associate Professor, effective February 1, 2026.  

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UNC Health Launches Revolutionary Coding Standard to Transform Rare Disease Diagnosis Nationwide

February 27, 2026

A geneticist at the UNC School of Medicine has coordinated the development of Mondo, the world’s first standardized rare disease coding tool. Mondo is designed to streamline the diagnosis and treatment planning for millions of patients with rare diseases internationally.

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Raab and Hoadley Labs publishes paper in G3

February 26, 2026

The laboratories of Jesse Raab and Katie Hoadley have published a new research article, “Hepatocyte-targeted Bap1 reduction in the liver primes an inflammatory transcriptional response,” in G3: Genes | Genomes | Genetics.

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BCB Graduate Student Nina Nishiyama publishes paper in Nature Communications

February 26, 2026

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student Nina Nishiyama (Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh Labs) publishes “eQTL in diseased colon tissue identifies potential target genes associated with IBD” in Genetics.

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Highlighted Faculty: Courtney Thaxton, PhD, Associate Professor

February 24, 2026

The Department of Genetics is proud to highlight Dr. Christoph Rau for his excellence in research, mentorship, and service.

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Department of Genetics Publications for January 2026

February 20, 2026

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 25 papers in January 2026.

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Department of Genetics Publications for December 2025

February 20, 2026

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 37 papers in December 2025.

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