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Brea Hampton (GMB Graduate Student) Featured In “Taking a seat with Carolina’s researchers”

Brea Hampton November 16, 2021

Brea Hampton, a Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate student and member of the Department of Genetics, in the labs of Dr. Mark Heise and Dr. Marty Ferris, has been featured in “Taking a seat with Carolina’s researchers”.



Department of Genetics Publications October 31st – November 13th 2021

UNC Department of Genetics Logo November 15, 2021

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during October 31st – November 13th 2021.   A multi-omic single-cell landscape of human gynecologic malignancies.  Regner MJ, Wisniewska K, Garcia-Recio S, Thennavan A, Mendez-Giraldez R, Malladi VS, Hawkins G, Parker JS, Perou CM, Bae-Jump VL, Franco HL. Mol … Read more



Ellysa Vogt (GMB Graduate Student) Receives Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program Award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund

November 8, 2021

Ellysa Vogt is a graduate student in the Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) curriculum and a member of the Amy Gladfelter laboratory, where she studies the structural and functional plasticity of the septin cytoskeleton in an extremophile black yeast.



Department of Genetics Publications October 17th – 30th, 2021

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Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during October 17th – 30th 2021.



Marta Cruz Cisneros (GMB Graduate Student) Receives Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program Award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Marta Cruz Cisneros October 28, 2021

Marta Cruz Cisneros is a graduate student in the Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) curriculum and member of the Mark Heise and Marty Ferris laboratories where she studies how host genetic variation influences antibody response to adjuvanted influenza vaccination.



Jamshaid Shahir (BCB Graduate Student) Receives Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program Award from Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Jamshaid Shahir October 25, 2021

Jamshaid Shahir is a graduate student in the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) curriculum and member of the Jeremy Purvis laboratory, where he studies the dynamics of cell cycle progression under oncogenic KRAS mutations using experimental data and computational modeling.



Beltran awarded a Faculty Research Support Grant from the Department of Genetics

Adriana Beltran October 25, 2021

Adriana Beltran, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics and Director of the Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Core, was awarded a Faculty Research Support Grant, formerly known as a PIVOT award, for $20,000 from the Department of Genetics, which was evenly matched by both the School of Medicine Office of Research, and … Read more



UNC Genetics State Service Awards 2020-2021

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The Department of Genetics is proud to announce the following employees both faculty and staff with their State Service Awards. 



Department of Genetics Publications October 3rd – 16th 2021

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Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during October 3rd – 16th 2021.



Katie Hoadley, PhD Awarded New Grant as Part of Susan G. Komen Metastatic Breast Cancer Collaborative Research Initiative

Katherine Hoadley October 14, 2021

Thanks to a $500,000 lead gift by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC), the Susan G. Komen and Blue Cross NC Metastatic Breast Cancer Disparities Collaborative Research Grant was awarded to a research team led by Jennifer Freedman, PhD, and Steven Patierno, PhD, of Duke … Read more



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