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

September 9, 2021

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

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Dr. Jason Whitmire awarded DoD Investigator-Initiated Research Award

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).

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Brea Hampton awarded a F99/K00 transition award from NIA

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).

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

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 … Continued

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Crowley awarded collaborative U01 from NIMH for trans-ancestry genomic analysis of OCD

August 31, 2021

Jim Crowley, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics, was awarded a new U01 titled “Trans-ancestry genomic analysis of obsessive-compulsive disorder” from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).

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Karl Shpargel, PhD Awarded New R01 from NIDCR

August 25, 2021

Dr. Karl Shpargel (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been awarded a new R01 grant from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) for his project titled “Enhancer activation mechanisms in cranial neural crest osteoblast differentiation”.

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Keriayn Smith, PhD and Jeremy Wang, PhD Receive COVID-19 Supplemental Funding from UNC School of Medicine Office of Research

August 25, 2021

Drs. Keriayn Smith (Assistant Professor, Genetics) and Jeremy Wang (Assistant Professor, Genetics) were each awarded $10K grants from the UNC SOM Office of Research as part of the COVID-19 Supplemental Funding program.

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Department of Genetics Publications August 8th – 21st, 2021

August 23, 2021

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during August 8th – 21st, 2021.

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Greg Smith, PhD Appointed Assistant Professor

August 19, 2021

Dr. Greg Smith was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective August 12, 2021.

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Stein Lab Publishes in American Journal of Human Genetics

August 19, 2021

The laboratory of Dr. Jason Stein (Assistant Professor, Genetics and Neuroscience Center) published a paper titled “Brain-trait-associated variants impact cell-type specific gene regulation during neurogenesis” in the American Journal of Human Genetics (19 Aug 2021 issue).

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