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UNC Genetics – Updates from Town Hall Meeting on April 27, 2020

UNC Department of Genetics Logo April 27, 2020

State of NC guidance, PPE updates, social distancing and critical activities on campus.



Bev Koller, PhD Awarded R21 from NIAID

Beverly Koller April 21, 2020

Dr. Bev Koller, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, received a new R21 grant from NIAID, entitled “Genetically humanized mice for modeling Fc-receptor interaction during influenza infection”.



UNC Genetics – COVID-19 Updates from Town Hall Meeting on April 20, 2020

UNC Department of Genetics Logo April 20, 2020

March productivity metrics, seminars, changes to special pay provisions, who can be on campus and for what purposes?



Department of Genetics Publications for April 5-18, 2020

UNC Department of Genetics Logo April 20, 2020

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published four manuscripts during April 5-18, 2020.



Courtney Thaxton, PhD Appointed as Assistant Professor

Courtney Thaxton, PhD April 16, 2020

Dr. Courtney Thaxton has been appointed as Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective April 1, 2020.



Dan Schrider, PhD Receives Subaward from UNC Greensboro

April 15, 2020

Dr. Dan Schrider, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, has been awarded a subcontract from UNC Greensboro for an R01 funded by NIGMS.



Yuchao Jiang, PhD Wins Teaching Excellence and Innovation Award

Yuchao Jiang, PhD April 14, 2020

Dr. Yuchao Jiang, Assistant Professor in Biostatistics and Genetics, was recognized for Teaching Excellence and Innovation in Biostatistics by the Gillings School of Public Health (student-nominated).



UNC Genetics – COVID-19 Updates from Town Hall Meeting – April 13, 2020

Coronovirus 2020 April 13, 2020

New faculty, mandatory PPE, seminar schedule, practical R class, hiring restriction and changes to special leave provisions.



Department of Genetics Welcomes Drs. Christoph Rau and Alex Rubinsteyn

April 9, 2020

Christoph Rau, PhD and Alex Rubinsteyn, PhD joined the Department of Genetics/Computational Medicine Program as Assistant Professors on the tenure track, effective March 1, 2020.



Sarah Schoenrock, PhD Appointed Assistant Director of Research

Sarah Schoenrock, PhD April 8, 2020

Dr. Sarah Schoenrock has been appointed as Research Assistant Professor and Assistant Director of Research in the Department of Genetics.



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