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Ichiro Misumi, PhD Awarded CGIBD Pilot Grant

Ichiro Misumi, PhD June 4, 2021

Dr. Ichiro Misumi (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has been awarded a pilot grant from the UNC Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease (CGIBD).


Yun Li, PhD Awarded Boost Funding from SOM Dean’s Office

Yun Li June 4, 2021

Dr. Yun Li (Professor, Department of Genetics) was awarded Boost funding from the UNC SOM Dean’s Office for her project “Genetics of mammalian chromatin interactome”.


Lisa Tarantino, PhD Awarded Bridge Funding from SOM Dean’s Office

Lisa Tarantino June 4, 2021

Dr. Lisa Tarantino (Associate Professor, Department of Genetics) was awarded Bridge funding from the UNC SOM Dean’s Office for her project in the P50 grant “Center for Systems Neurogenetics of Addiction”.


Department of Genetics Publications for May 16-29, 2021

UNC Department of Genetics Logo May 29, 2021

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published nineteen papers during May 16-29, 2021.


Karen Mohlke, PhD Reappointed as Oliver Smithies Investigator

Karen L. Mohlke, PhD May 28, 2021

Dr. Karen Mohlke (Professor, Department of Genetics) has been reappointed for an additional five years as an Oliver Smithies Investigator.


Department of Genetics Town Hall Meeting – 26MAY2021

Genetics Town Hall Meeting - MAY 2021 May 26, 2021

Announcements, Forward Together meetings, highlights and productivity, removal of physical distancing, space utilization and Working Forward updates.


Stein Lab Publishes Paper in Nature Neuroscience

Jason Stein and Dan Liang May 20, 2021

Dr. Jason Stein (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) and colleagues have published a manuscript in Nature Neuroscience (20 May 2021) titled “Cell-type specific effects of genetic variation on chromatin accessibility during human neuronal differentiation”.


Samir Kelada, PhD Awarded R21 Grant from NIAID

Samir Kelada, PhD, MPH May 19, 2021

Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor, Department of Genetics) has been awarded a new R21 grant from the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for his project titled “A New Mouse Model of Severe Asthma”.


GMB Student Emma Hinkle Publishes Equity Article on GSA Blog

Emma Hinkle May 17, 2021

Emma Hinkle, 4th year PhD candidate and NIH Predoctoral Fellow (Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Giudice lab) published an article titled “Three ways that the field of genetics can be more equitable” on the Genes to Genomes blog sponsored by the Genetics Society of America (GSA).


Yun Li, PhD Publishes Paper in Nature Communications

Yun Li, PhD May 17, 2021

Dr. Yun Li (Professor, Department of Genetics) is a co-corresponding author with Dr. Hongtu Zu (Professor, Department of Biostatistics) of the paper titled “Transcriptome-wide association analysis of brain structures yields insights into pleiotropy with complex neuropsychiatric traits” that was published on May 17, 2021 in Nature Communications.


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