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Office of Research Releases Revision to Research Guidelines

July 20, 2020
Effective August 1, work windows (shifts) will no longer be required in School of Medicine research labs but 50% occupancy and social distancing must still be observed.

Alexander Rubinsteyn, PhD Receives Career Development Award from AACR

July 16, 2020
Dr. Alexander Rubinsteyn (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded a Novocure Career Development Award from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for his project titled “Impact of Tumor Treating Fields on Neoantigen Burden and T Cell Function”. 

Christoph Rau, PhD Awarded R00 from NHLBI

July 16, 2020
Dr. Christoph Rau (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded an R00 grant from NHLBI for his project titled “Discovery of Novel Epigenetic Regulators of Heart Failure in a Panel of Mice”.

Virginia Miller, PhD Awarded R01 Grant from NIAID

July 16, 2020
Dr. Virginia Miller (Professor, Dept. of Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology) has been awarded an R01 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) for her project titled “Understanding hypermucoviscosity in Klebsiella”.

Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD Awarded Research Service Agreement from Neogen Corporation

July 14, 2020
Dr. Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena (Professor and Chair, Genetics) was awarded a Research Service Agreement for the Systems Genetics group to provide exclusive data analysis services for the miniMUGA inbred mouse Background Analysis Report for Neogen.

Hyejung Won, PhD Awarded R21 Grant from NIDA

July 14, 2020
Dr. Hyejung Won (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded an R21 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for her project titled “Using H-MAGMA to decipher neurological bases of smoking and alcohol use traits”.

Department of Genetics Publications for June 28 – July 11, 2020

July 13, 2020
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published five papers during June 28 – July 11, 2020.

Dominic Ciavatta, PhD Recognized for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring

July 8, 2020
Dr. Ciavatta (Associate Professor, Genetics) was recognized by the UNC Kidney Center with the Maestro Award for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring.

Jesse Raab, PhD Awarded Grant from Department of Defense (DOD)

July 7, 2020
Dr. Raab (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity (USAMRAA) for his project titled “Identification of New Therapeutic Strategies for Targeting Liver Fibrosis”. 

Ageliki Tsagaratou, PhD and Dan Schrider, PhD Awarded MIRA (R35) Grants from NIGMS

July 7, 2020
Ageliki Tsagaratou, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) and Dan Schrider, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) Awarded five year MIRA (R35) Grants from National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).