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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...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published ten papers during Nov. 26-Dec. 9, 2017. Genetic Fine-Mapping and Identification of Candidate Genes and Variants for Adiposity Traits in Outbred Rats. Keele GR, Prokop JW, He H, Holl K, Littrell J, Deal A, Francic S, Cui L, Gatti DM, Broman KW, Tschannen...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published thirteen papers during Nov. 12-25, 2017. Rapid DNA replication origin licensing protects stem cell pluripotency. Matson JP, Dumitru R, Coryell P, Baxley RM, Chen W, Twaroski K, Webber BR, Tolar J, Bielinsky AK, Purvis JE, Cook JG. Elife. 2017 Nov 17;6. pii: e30473. doi: 10.7554/eLife.30473....

James Evans, MD, PhD, was featured in last week’s episode of “Well Said”, a podcast hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The topic explored predictive genetic testing and its impact on doctors and patients. Jim Evans Featured on “Well Said” podcast. “Well Said”, a podcast hosted...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published seven papers during the first two weeks of November 2017. Common, low-frequency, and rare genetic variants associated with lipoprotein subclasses and triglyceride measures in Finnish men from the METSIM study. Davis JP, Huyghe JR, Locke AE, Jackson AU, Sim X, Stringham HM, Teslovich...