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As part of the Forward Together Strategic Plan, the UNC School of Medicine committed $100,000 this year to fund pilot neuroscience research projects through the NeuroSpark event.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during December 12th, 2021 – January 1st, 2022.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 13 papers during November 28th – December 11th, 2021.

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at UNC-Chapel Hill announced the six pre-proposal winning teams for this year’s Creativity Hubs seed funding competition. More than 20 of the researchers involved are from the UNC School of Medicine.

For the first time, researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, led by Assistant Professor of Genetics Hector Franco, PhD, have determined, cell-by-cell, the genetic and epigenetic state of ovarian and endometrial tumors.

Researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, led by Distinguished Professor of Genetics Charles Perou, PhD, have taken a major step forward in melding two key methods for studying breast cancer: one by genetic analysis and the second by looking at the architecture of cells, or their pathology.

Dr. David Corcoran was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective November 1, 2021.

Dr. Yihsuan (Shannon) Tsai was appointed Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective October 1, 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 16 papers during November 14th – 27th 2021.

Brea Hampton, a Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate student and member of the Department of Genetics, in the labs of Dr. Mark Heise and Dr. Marty Ferris, has been featured in "Taking a seat with Carolina’s researchers".