Department of Genetics Publications May 8th – 21st, 2022

May 23, 2022

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during May 8th – 21st, 2022.

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NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Extends the Special Exception for Post Submission Material to January 2023 Council

May 11, 2022

NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH have extended the special exception for post-submission material due to COVID-19 pandemic to include applications submitted for January 2023 Council, which begins with applications submitted for the May 25, 2022 due date.

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Department of Genetics Publications April 24th – May 7th, 2022

May 9, 2022

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during April 24th – May 7th, 2022.

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Open Applications for UNC School of Medicine Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Mini Grants

May 6, 2022

In support of the work that you do, the UNC School of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion will be offering awards in the amount of $1500 – $2000, to assist with DEI requests and projects.

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Ting Elected to National Academy of Sciences

May 6, 2022

Jenny Ting, PhD, in the UNC Department of Genetics, was among the 120 scientists elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences.

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NIH Features Pardo-Manuel de Villena Lab

May 5, 2022

The NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs featured the lab of Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, chair of the UNC Department of Genetics, for its crucial scientific contributions to improving research conducted with mouse models of human diseases.

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Dr. Jenny Ting Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

April 29, 2022

Jenny P. Ting, PhD (William Rand Kenan Professor of Genetics) has been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

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Department of Genetics Publications April 10th – 23rd, 2022

April 25, 2022

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during April 10th – 23rd, 2022.

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Kelada and Mohlke awarded 5-year R01 from NIEHS

April 21, 2022

Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor, Genetics) and Dr. Karen Mohlke (Professor, Genetics) were awarded a 5 year R01 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) titled “Regulatory Genomics of Ozone Air Pollution Response in Vitro and In Vivo”.

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Li, Stein and Zhu Labs Publish Paper in Nature Genetics

April 12, 2022

The laboratories of Drs. Yun Li (Professor, Genetics), Jason Stein (Associate Professor, Genetics) and Hongtu Zhu (Professor, Computer Science and Genetics) published a paper titled “Common variants contribute to intrinsic human brain functional networks” in Nature Genetics 2022 Apr 7.

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