On March 24, the department hosted a group of eight students who participate in the WTCC STEM Academic and Research Training (START) Program. 

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during April 24th – May 7th, 2022.

The NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs featured the lab of Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, chair of the UNC Department of Genetics, for its crucial scientific contributions to improving research conducted with mouse models of human diseases.

Fernando Pardo Manuel de Villena, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Genetics, was recently interviewed by the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Toxicology Program, Dr. Rick Woychik.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twelve papers during February 21 – March 6, 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published twenty papers during Jan. 24 – Feb. 6, 2021.

Dr. Pardo Manuel de Villena (Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics) has been reappointed as an Oliver Smithies Investigator for an additional five years, through June 2025.

Dr. Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena (Chair, Department of Genetics) has been named to a two-year term as President of IMGS.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published nine papers during November 1-14, 2020.

An international consortium led by UNC Departments of Genetics and Computer Science published a manuscript on the development and testing of a new tool to enhance the value of the laboratory mouse in biomedical research.