Department of Genetics Publications for April 2026

May 13, 2026

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 29 papers in April 2026.

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Purvis Successful with NIGMS R01 Competitive Renewal

May 13, 2026

Dr. Jeremy Purvis successfully renewed his R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his project titled “Computational models of the human cell cycle to reveal disease mechanism and inform treatment”.

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Corcoran Receives NCBC Grant for Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)

May 13, 2026

Dr. David Corcoran (Assistant Professor, Genetics) received an Innovation Impact Grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) to purchase two state-of-the-art GPU compute nodes for the Lineberger Bioinformatics Core.

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Ketchum Awarded New K99/R00 from NIGMS

May 13, 2026

Dr. Remi Ketchum (Postdoctoral Fellow – Schrider Lab) received a new K99/R00 award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for her project titled “Novel methods for detecting positive selection in mosquitoes”.

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Heise Awarded Two New R21 Grants from NIAID

May 13, 2026

Dr. Mark Heise (Professor, Genetics and M&I) is the recipient of two new R21 awards from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).  

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Ideraabdullah Awarded New R21 from NCCIH

May 13, 2026

Dr. Folami Ideraabdullah (Associate Professor, Genetics and Nutrition) was awarded a new R21 grant from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) for her project titled “Developmental windows of vitamin D supplementation for optimal metabolic health”.

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Department of Genetics Publications for March 2026

May 12, 2026

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 35 papers in March 2026.

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Liu Publishes in Trends in Genetics

April 20, 2026

Dr. Qingyun Liu (Assistant Professor) et al. published a paper in Trends in Genetics titled “Heterogeneity in microbial antibiotic responses: Genetic basis and within-host evolution”.

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Emily Drzymalla Awarded a NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship from NIA

April 16, 2026

Emily Drzymalla is an epidemiology graduate student and has been awarded a National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institute of Aging (NIA), for her project titled “Metabolomic correlates of improved Alzheimer’s disease polygenic risk score for different populations”.

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Perou Appointed Honorary Doctor of Medicine by Karolinska Institutet

April 9, 2026

Dr. Chuck Perou (Distinguished Professor) has been appointed an honorary Doctor of Medicine by the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

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