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The department strives to support all faculty in their research pursuits. A new policy has been adopted to provide tenured and tenure-track faculty that have active research programs with access to funds for small professional development grants and for “pivot” grants to explore new areas of research. These funds are...

The faculty of the Department of Genetics published nine papers during the last two weeks. A Missed Opportunity to Discuss Racial and Gender Bias in Dermatology. Adamson AS, Wright SW, Pandya AG. JAMA Dermatol. 2017 Jan 1;153(1):110-111. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2016.3752. No abstract available. PMID: 28114518 Candidate Risk Factors and Mechanisms for...

As part of the ongoing growth and expansion of the Department of Genetics, three different search committees are actively recruiting well-qualified candidates for new open rank tenure track faculty positions. The first search is focused on candidates with training in statistical genetics, computational biology or data science and will be...

The research in his lab seeks to understand the molecular mechanisms that control the initiation and progression of cancer by focusing on the epigenetic and transcriptional programs that regulate these processes. Dr. Franco has a primary appointment in the Department of Genetics and is a member of the Lineberger Comprehensive...

The faculty of the Department of Genetics published 11 papers during the first three weeks of 2017. BK Polyomavirus Genomic Integration and Large T Antigen Expression: Evolving Paradigms in Human Oncogenesis. Kenan DJ, Mieczkowski PA, Latulippe E, Côté I, Singh HK, Nickeleit V. Am J Transplant. 2016 Dec 31. doi:...

Jenny PY Ting, PhD, William Rand Kenan Professor of Genetics, Co-Director of the Inflammatory Diseases Institute, and Director of the Center for Translational Immunology, has been awarded the 2017 Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award in recognition of exceptional cancer research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel...

December was a very productive month for the Department of Genetics faculty, who published 30 manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. An NLRP3 Mutation Causes Arthropathy and Osteoporosis in Humanized Mice. Snouwaert JN, Nguyen M, Repenning PW, Dye R, Livingston EW, Kovarova M, Moy SS, Brigman BE, Bateman TA,...

The Department of Genetics mentoring policies for faculty and postdoctoral fellows and the Faculty Activity Report Form have been updated and can be found here. Fixed-term faculty mentoring sessions will be conducted three months prior to annual reappointment dates and the postdoc mentoring committee will meet quarterly.

Over the last few weeks, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published eight manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. Long-term exercise in mice has sex-dependent benefits on body composition and metabolism during aging. McMullan RC, Kelly SA, Hua K, Buckley BK, Faber JE, Pardo-Manuel de...

During the month of November, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published eight manuscripts on a wide variety of topics. A DNA methylation biomarker of alcohol consumption. Liu C, Marioni RE, Hedman ÅK, Pfeiffer L, Tsai PC, Reynolds LM, Just AC, Duan Q, Boer CG, Tanaka...