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Piotr Mieczkowski
Dr. Piotr Mieczkowski Associate Professor, Department of Genetics; Technical Director, High Throughput Sequencing Facility

Dr. Piotr Mieczkowski (Associate Professor, Department of Genetics; Technical Director, High Throughput Sequencing Facility) was awarded Boost funding from the UNC SOM Dean’s Office for his project “First Multi-Omic Study of Bat Longevity as a Model for Neurodegenerative Diseases”.

In this proposal, Dr. Mieczkowski and collaborators will collect big brown bats from the wild and perform genetic analysis to explore a link between hibernation of bats and therapeutic targets to slow neurodegenerative diseases.

The Department of Genetics has also committed to provide funds to this endeavor to enable Dr. Mieczkowski to explore this novel research.