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UNC Awarded $24-million NIH Grant to Improve Genomic, Precision Medicine

September 24, 2021

Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, is a principal investigator of The Clinical Genome Resource, a multi-institution consortium initially launched in 2013 by the National Human Genome Research Institute to provide evidence-based evaluations of clinically relevant genes and variants.


Department of Genetics Publications September 5th – 18th 2021

UNC Department of Genetics Logo September 20, 2021

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 7 papers during September 5th – 18th 2021.


Ting and Koller awarded R56 from NIAID to study role of inflammasomes in COVID-19 infection

Jenny Ting Bev Koller Mark Heise September 16, 2021

Jenny Ting, PhD (Distinguished Professor, Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, LCCC) was awarded a R56 grant titled “Role and Mitigation of Inflammasomes and Inflammation During COVID-19” from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).


Koller and Styblo awarded new R01 from NIEHS

Styblo and Koller September 9, 2021

Mirek Styblo (PhD, Professor, Department of Nutrition) and Bev Koller (PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics) are Co-PIs on a new R01 titled “Humanized mouse models for arsenic toxicology” from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).


Won, Mohlke, Love awarded UM1 as part of the new IGVF consortium at NHGRI

Hyejung Won Karen Mohlke Mike Love September 9, 2021

Hyejung Won (PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Neuroscience Center), Karen Mohlke (PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics), and Mike Love (PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Department of Genetics), were awarded a 5-year $9.25 million UM1 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) titled “Systematic in vivo characterization … Read more


The Power of Partnership

September 9, 2021

A collaboration among Carolina clinicians and researchers is leading the way in how we think about tracking viral variants.


Drs. Terry Magnuson and Shawn Ahmed awarded equipment supplements from NIGMS

Terry Magnuson and Shawn Ahmed September 9, 2021

Drs. Terry Magnuson and Shawn Ahmed awarded equipment supplements from NIGMS


Dr. Jason Whitmire awarded DoD Investigator-Initiated Research Award

Jason Whitmire September 9, 2021

Jason Whitmire, PhD (Professor, Department of Genetics, Department of Microbiology & Immunology), was awarded a Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) Investigator-Initiated Research Award by the US Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity of the Department of Defense (DoD).


Brea Hampton awarded a F99/K00 transition award from NIA

Brea Hampton September 8, 2021

Ms. Brea Hampton, a GMB curriculum student and member of the Department of Genetics, has been awarded an F99/K00 transition award from the National Institute of Aging (NIA).


Department of Genetics Publications August 22nd – September 4th 2021

UNC Department of Genetics Logo September 7, 2021

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during August 22nd – September 4th 2021.   SnapHiC: a computational pipeline to identify chromatin loops from single-cell Hi-C data.  Yu M, Abnousi A, Zhang Y, Li G, Lee L, Chen Z, Fang R, Lagler TM, Yang Y, Wen … Read more


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