Hector Franco, PhD has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Genetics, effective June 1, 2023.

Leading investigators offer ‘highly scientific, but patient-focused’ talks on women’s cancers at symposium

Hector Franco, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded a new R01 grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for his project titled “Posttranslational regulation of FOXA1 in breast cancer”. 

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during July 17th – 30th, 2022.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during April 10th – 23rd, 2022.

Dr. Hector Franco (Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics) has received a pilot study award from the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research.

For the first time, researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, led by Assistant Professor of Genetics Hector Franco, PhD, have determined, cell-by-cell, the genetic and epigenetic state of ovarian and endometrial tumors.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during October 31st – November 13th 2021.   A multi-omic single-cell landscape of human gynecologic malignancies.  Regner MJ, Wisniewska K, Garcia-Recio S, Thennavan A, Mendez-Giraldez R, Malladi VS, Hawkins G, Parker JS, Perou CM, Bae-Jump VL, Franco HL. Mol Cell. 2021 Nov 1:S1097-2765(21)00842-X. doi: … Continued

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 twelve papers during July 12-25, 2020.