Department of Genetics Publications for May 20 – June 2, 2018

June 4, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published three papers during May 20 – June 2, 2018.

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Scott Bultman, PhD, Has Patent Application Published for New Approaches to Treating Heart Failure

May 30, 2018

Scott Bultman, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics) and Monte Willis, MD, PhD, FACP, FAHA (Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) are co-inventors on a patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office titled “Methods and Compositions for Treatment of Heart Failure.”

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Department of Genetics Publications for April 22 – May 5, 2018

May 7, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eight papers during April 22 – May 5, 2018.

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Groundbreaking study co-directed by Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, identifies new genes associated with major depressive disorder (MDD)

May 4, 2018

Nature Genetics published the paper titled “Genome-wide association analyses identify 44 risk variants and refine the genetic architecture of major depression” on 26 April 2018.

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Department of Genetics Publications for April 8-21, 2018

April 30, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published thirteen papers during April 8-21, 2018.

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Will Valdar, PhD, Recognized for Outstanding Contribution to Graduate Education

April 2, 2018

Dr. William Valdar, was accepted to the UNC Graduate School’s Frank Porter Graham Honor Society in recognition of outstanding contribution to graduate education at UNC.

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Department of Genetics Publications for March 11-24, 2018

April 2, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published ten papers during March 11-24, 2018.

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Will Valdar, PhD, Awarded NIGMS Outstanding Investigator Grant

March 23, 2018

Dr. Will Valdar has received an R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for his project titled “Statistical Modeling of Multiparental and Genetic Reference Populations”.

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Department of Genetics Winter Faculty Retreat

March 21, 2018

More than fifty faculty members from the Department of Genetics participated in the first annual Winter Faculty Retreat on Wed., March 7.

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Department of Genetics Publications for Feb. 25 – March 10, 2018

March 13, 2018

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eleven papers during Feb. 25 – March 10, 2018.

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