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Department of Genetics Publications for March 3rd – 16th, 2024

UNC Department of Genetics Logo March 17, 2024

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 13 papers during March 3rd – 16th 2024.



Dr. Samir Kelada Interviewed at Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting

Samir Kelada Interview March 15, 2024

Samir Kelada, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics) was interviewed by Society of Toxicology TV during the SOT 63rd Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City.



Shawn Ahmed, PhD, Awarded New R01 Grant from NIEHS

Shawn Ahmed, PhD March 14, 2024

Dr. Shawn Ahmed (Professor, Genetics and Biology) has been awarded a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for his proposal titled “Telomere uncapping epigenetically reprograms a stress response and longevity pathway”. 



Department of Genetics Publications for February 18th – March 2nd, 2024

UNC Department of Genetics Logo March 3, 2024

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during February 18th – March 2nd 2024.



Kristy Lee Receives Research Core Award from Foundation Fighting Blindness

Kristy Lee February 23, 2024

Kristy Lee, MS, CGC (Professor, Genetics) has been awarded a Research Core Award from Foundation Fighting Blindness Inc.



Department of Genetics Publications for February 4th – 17th, 2024

UNC Department of Genetics Logo February 19, 2024

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during February 4th – 17th 2024.



First came love, then came science

Cindy-Bulik-and-Patrick-Sullivan February 15, 2024

Cynthia Bulik and Patrick Sullivan have created a life full of adventure and research spanning decades, continents, and disciplines.



The Path of Escape: How Breast Tumor Cells Avoid Common Cancer Therapy

Jeremy Purvis UNC Genetics February 15, 2024

An interdisciplinary team of UNC-Chapel Hill researchers from computational medicine, genetics, biostatistics, and surgery investigated how cell cycle flexibility allows tumor cells to escape the effect of anti-cancer drugs that target cell division. UNC Lineberger members Jeremy Purvis, PhD, professor of genetics, and Phillip Spanheimer, MD, assistant professor of surgery, … Read more



Drs. Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh Awarded New R01 Grant from NIDDK

Shehzad Sheikh and Terry Furey February 15, 2024

Terry Furey, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Biology) and Shehzad Sheikh, MD, PhD (Professor, Medicine and Genetics) were awarded a new R01 grant from NIDDK titled “Multi-omic characterization of genetic variants in IBD risk loci”.



Department of Genetics Publications for January 21st – February 3rd 2024

UNC Department of Genetics Logo February 5, 2024

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during January 21st – February 3rd 2024.



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