Genetics Hosts Wake Tech Community College (WTCC) START Program Students

March 27, 2023

On March 24, the department hosted a group of eight students who participate in the WTCC STEM Academic and Research Training (START) Program. 

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Keriayn Smith Earns NSF Grant to Study “Dark Matter” of the Genome

March 27, 2023

Keriayn Smith, PhD, receives $665,786 over the course of four years to research non-coding RNA in yeast, mammalian cells, and more.

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Department of Genetics Publications for March 12th – 25th, 2023

March 27, 2023

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 8 papers during March 12th – 25th, 2023. Schizophrenia risk conferred by rare protein-truncating variants is conserved across diverse human populations.  Liu D, Meyer D, Fennessy B, Feng C, Cheng E, Johnson JS, Park YJ, Rieder MK, Ascolillo S, de Pins A, … Continued

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Department of Genetics Holds Faculty Strategic Planning Retreat

March 14, 2023

On March 2, more than 50 faculty members from the Department of Genetics gathered at the North Carolina Botanical Gardens for an all-day strategic planning retreat. 

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Department of Genetics Publications for February 26th – March 11th, 2023

March 13, 2023

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during February 26th – March 11th, 2023.

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Dr. Jeremy Purvis Awarded NSF Grant

March 5, 2023

Jeremy Purvis, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics and Computational Medicine) has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his project titled “Toward a revised model of the cell cycle that captures reversible and irreversible arrest”.

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Beltran, Perou and Valdar Recognized with Awards for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring

February 28, 2023

The Office of Graduate Education has recognized three Genetics faculty members with Mentoring Awards. 

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Department of Genetics Publications for February 12th – 25th, 2023

February 27, 2023

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during February 12th – 25th, 2023.

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UNC School of Medicine NIH Funding Ranks 6th among Public Universities

February 24, 2023

All six basic science departments rank in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding for federal fiscal year 2022, according to a new report by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, and 11 clinical departments rank in the top 30. The UNC Department of Genetics is ranked … Continued

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Dr. Christoph Rau Awarded R01 from NHLBI

February 23, 2023

Christoph Rau, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been awarded a new R01 grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Stephen I. Katz Early Stage Investigator Research Program for his application titled “Elucidating the Role of Multinuclearity in Healthy and Diseased Mammalian Cardiomyocytes”. 

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