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iThenticate Plagiarism Software is now available to the Carolina Research Community

iThenticate August 29, 2022

iThenticate is now available to all members of the Carolina research community.


Department of Genetics Publications for August 14th – 27th, 2022

UNC Department of Genetics Logo August 29, 2022

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during August 14th – 27th, 2022.


Department of Genetics Welcomes New Faculty Members

Dara McDougal and Susana Garcia-Recio August 25, 2022

The Department of Genetics is pleased to welcome Dara McDougal, MS as Assistant Professor/Genetic Counselor and Susana Garcia-Recio, PhD as Assistant Professor. 


Dr. Laura Raffield Appointed Assistant Professor (tenure-track)

Laura Raffield August 25, 2022

Laura Raffield, PhD has been appointed as tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective 29 July 2022. 


Dr. Hector Franco Awarded R01 from NCI

Hector Franco August 25, 2022

Hector Franco, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded a new R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for his project titled “Posttranslational regulation of FOXA1 in breast cancer”. 


Dr. Yun Li Awarded R56 from NIA

Yun Li, PhD August 25, 2022

Yun Li, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Biostatistics) was awarded an R56 grant from the National Institute of Aging (NIA) for her project titled “Study of selective cell and system vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease”. 


Department of Genetics Publications for July 31st – August 13th, 2022

UNC Department of Genetics Logo August 16, 2022

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 7 papers during July 31st – August 13th, 2022.   A multi-layer functional genomic analysis to understand noncoding genetic variation in lipids.  Ramdas S, Judd J, Graham SE, Kanoni S, Wang Y, Surakka I, Wenz B, Clarke SL, Chesi A, Wells … Read more


Graduate Students Sarah Brotman (GMB), Saygin Gulec (BCB), and Nisitha Sengottuvel (GMB) Participate in 2022 “Shadow a Scientist” Program

Shadow A Scientist 2022 August 1, 2022

Sarah Brotman (Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the Karen Mohlke lab), Saygin Gulec (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the Tim Elston and Klaus Hahn labs), and Nisitha Sengottuvel (Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student in the Chad Pecot lab) participated in the 2022 UNC “Shadow a … Read more


Department of Genetics Publications for July 17th – 30th, 2022

UNC Department of Genetics Logo August 1, 2022

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during July 17th – 30th, 2022.


Jesse Raab, PhD Awarded R35 Grant from NIGMS

Jesse Raab July 27, 2022

Dr. Jesse Raab (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has been awarded a five-year R35 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his project titled “Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function”.


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