Leading investigators offer ‘highly scientific, but patient-focused’ talks on women’s cancers at symposium

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during April 23rd – May 6th, 2023.

Mark Heise, PhD (Professor, Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology) was awarded a scientific research agreement from Moderna Therapeutics to utilize the Collaborative Cross (CC) to improve models to study the safety and immunogenicity of vaccines. 

Dr. Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena to Deliver 42nd Annual Jim McGinnis Memorial Lecture at Duke University on Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 3pm in Duke’s Bryan Research Building.

UNC School of Medicine’s Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, and a team of scientists in the Psychiatric Genetic Consortium have created a new manual researchers can use to learn more about the origins of human diseases with high genetic risk.

The American Association for Cancer Research has elected UNC Lineberger’s Charles M. Perou, PhD, as a fellow to the AACR Academy.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 15 papers during April 9th – 22nd, 2023.

The UNC Department of Genetics, Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology congratulate our students and faculty who were recognized at the 2023 UNC Graduate School Annual Celebration of Graduate Student Achievements on Wednesday, April 12, 2023!

Dr. Yun Li (Professor, Genetics, Biostatistics and Computer Science) has received a new R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for her proposal titled “Study of selective cell and system vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease”. 

Dr. Hyejung Won (Assistant Professor, Genetics) received a three-year grant from the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative 2022 Program:  Genomics of ASD: Pathways to Biological Convergence and Genetic Therapies.