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Congratulations to Andrew Morgan, PhD for being awarded the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the area of Biological and Life Sciences from The Graduate School at UNC. Andrew and his dissertation committee were commended for the originality and significance of his research.  He will be recognized at The Graduate School’s...

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eleven papers during Jan. 28-Feb. 10, 2018. Anticipated responses of early adopter genetic specialists and nongenetic specialists to unsolicited genomic secondary findings. Christensen KD, Bernhardt BA, Jarvik GP, Hindorff LA, Ou J, Biswas S, Powell BC, Grundmeier RW, Machini K, Karavite...

The UNC Department of Genetics will host a Faculty Winter Retreat on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 from 9am until 4pm. The retreat will be held at the Rizzo Center in Chapel Hill. Department of Genetics Faculty Winter Retreat March 7, 2018.  9am – 4pm Rizzo Center For more information, contact...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published four papers during Jan. 14-27, 2018. Examining the role of common and rare mitochondrial variants in schizophrenia. Gonçalves VF, Giamberardino SN, Crowley JJ, Vawter MP, Saxena R, Bulik CM, Yilmaz Z, Hultman CM, Sklar P, Kennedy JL, Sullivan PF, Knight J. PLoS One....

Fernando Pardo Manuel de Villena, PhD, has been appointed Chair of the UNC Department of Genetics. He will officially begin in his new role on March 1, subject to confirmation by the necessary UNC system entities. Pardo Manuel de Villena has served as Interim Chair since July of 2016. Fernando...

Eleven UNC School of Medicine faculty members were named as highly cited researchers in the annual Thomas Reuters list. Three UNC Department of Genetics faculty recognized. The annual list of Highly Cited Researchers from Thomson Reuters recognizes the impact of leading researchers around the world across 21 fields in the...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published four papers during the first two weeks of 2018. Professional responsibilities regarding the provision, publication, and dissemination of patient phenotypes in the context of clinical genetic and genomic testing: points to consider-a statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)....

CoreBiome, a genomic platform company that is transforming microbiome innovation with proprietary laboratory methods and big-data analytics, announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel Pomp to its Board of Directors. CoreBiome, a genomic platform company that is transforming microbiome innovation with proprietary laboratory methods and big-data analytics, announced the appointment of...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twenty-two papers during the final three weeks of December 2017. The Toll-Like Receptor 2/6 Agonist, FSL-1 Lipopeptide, Therapeutically Mitigates Acute Radiation Syndrome. Kurkjian CJ, Guo H, Montgomery ND, Cheng N, Yuan H, Merrill JR, Sempowski GD, Brickey WJ, Ting JP. Sci Rep. 2017...

Congratulations to Jason Stein for being awarded a Junior Faculty Development Award! Congratulations to Jason Stein, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics.  He was recently awarded a Junior Faculty Development Award by the Committee on Faculty Research and Scholarly Leaves.  The awarded funds are to be expended over the next...