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BCB and GMB Graduate Students Participate in the UNC Inaugural Graduate Research Symposium
October 27, 2025
Multiple Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Students were selected from overwhelming interest to participate in the UNC Chapel Hill Inaugural Graduate Research Symposium on Thursday, October 23.
Toro and Haendel Publish Mondo Paper in GENETICS
October 20, 2025
Drs. Sabrina Toro (Assistant Professor) and Melissa Haendel (Distinguished Professor) are the corresponding and senior authors, respectively, on a newly published manuscript titled “Mondo: Integrating disease terminologies across communities”.
Department of Genetics Publications for September 2025
October 13, 2025
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 33 papers in September 2025.
Tsagaratou Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
October 3, 2025
Dr. Ageliki Tsagaratou has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, effective September 26, 2025.
Kelada Receives New R01 Grant from NIEHS
October 2, 2025
Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor) was awarded a new R01 grant from NIEHS for his project titled “Discovery of gene-by-air pollution interactions in respiratory disease using genetically diverse mice with validation in humans”.
Mohlke Awarded New RC2 Grant from NIDDK
October 2, 2025
Dr. Karen Mohlke (Professor) received a new RC2 award from NIDDK, designed to fund ambitious, interdisciplinary, and high-risk/high-reward projects.
Stein Receives New Grant from NIH Office of the Director
October 2, 2025
Dr. Jason Stein (Associate Professor, Genetics and Neuroscience) was awarded a new Other Transaction (OT2) from the NIH Office of the Director for his project titled “Modeling autism-associated gene-by-environment interactions in human brain organoids”.
Liu Receives New Innovator Award from NIAID
October 2, 2025
Dr. Qingyun Liu (Assistant Professor) has been awarded a DP2 New Innovator Award from NIAID for his project titled “Population genomics-guided dissection of the bacterial genetic basis of tuberculosis transmissibility”.
Genetics Chair Awarded Academic Investment Funds for Genetic QC Program
September 29, 2025
Dr. Fernando Pardo Manuel de Villena (Professor and Chair, Genetics) was awarded Academic Investment Funds from the School of Medicine for his application titled “Pilot program to elevate genetic quality control standards and increase rigor and reproducibility of mouse-based research”.
Dr. Eric Hurwitz Recognized with Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence
September 29, 2025
Each year, the Postdoctoral Awards for Research Excellence (PARE) are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars.
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