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Hyejung Won Awarded New Seed Grant from the ALS Association

Hyejung Won March 20, 2025

Dr. Hyejung Won (Associate Professor, Genetics) was awarded a seed grant from the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association for her project titled “Deciphering higher-order chromatin mechanisms for C9orf72-mediated ALS”.


Chuck Perou Awarded New DoD Grant

Charles M. Perou, PhD March 20, 2025

Dr. Chuck Perou (Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine) received a new grant from the Department of Defense for his project titled “The Breast Cancer Cellular Atlas”.


Alexander Rubinsteyn Receives New Grant from Jaime Leandro Foundation

Alex Rubinsteyn, PhD March 20, 2025

Dr. Alex Rubinsteyn (Associate Professor, Genetics) was awarded a new grant from the Jaime Leandro Foundation for his project titled “Optimization of personalized cancer immunotherapeutic approaches”. 


Michael Love Awarded R01 Renewal from NHGRI

Michael I. Love, PhD March 20, 2025

Dr. Michael Love (Associate Professor, Genetics and Biostatistics) had a successful competitive renewal of his R01 grant titled “A modular framework for accurate, interpretable, and reproducible analysis of long read RNA-seq data” from NHGRI.


Department of Genetics Publications for February 2nd – March 1st, 2025

UNC Department of Genetics Logo March 3, 2025

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during February 2nd – March 1st 2025.


Highlighted Faculty: Christoph Rau, PhD, Assistant Professor

Christoph Rau February 21, 2025

The Department of Genetics is proud to highlight Dr. Christoph Rau for his excellence in research, mentorship, and service.


Julianne O’Daniel Promoted to Clinical Professor

Julianne ODaniel February 18, 2025

Ms. Julianne O’Daniel, MS, CGC, has been promoted to Clinical Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective January 1, 2025.


Adriana Beltran Receives UNC ELEVATE Award

Adriana-Beltran February 11, 2025

Dr. Adriana Beltran, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics) has received an ELEVATE Fixed-Term Faculty Development Award from the Committee on Faculty Leaves and Awards, UNC Provost Office.


Department of Genetics Publications for January 19th – February 1st, 2025

UNC Department of Genetics Logo February 6, 2025

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 17 papers during January 19th – February 1st 2025.


MicroRNA Responsible for Sex Differences in Cardiac Physiology, Disease

Frank Conlon February 6, 2025

Researchers in the laboratories of Frank L. Conlon, PhD, Professor of Biology and Genetics, and Bill Marzluff, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have pinpointed small molecules that greatly affect differences in heart health in men and women. These results uncover one of the molecular reasons behind sex … Read more


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