Department of Genetics Publications for February 12th – 25th, 2023
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during February 12th – 25th, 2023.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 9 papers during February 12th – 25th, 2023.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during December 18th – 31st, 2022.
Mark Heise, PhD (Professor, Department of Genetics) was awarded $2M by the NC Collaboratory, a research program funded by an appropriation from the North Carolina General Assembly that aims to foster and strengthen partnerships between businesses and academic research groups to transform applied research and innovation into technological solutions for the benefit of public health and the economy in the state.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 19 papers during October 23rd – November 5th, 2022.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during September 11th – 24th, 2022.
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 12 papers during July 3rd – 16th, 2022.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during June 19th – July 2nd, 2022.
The new center will develop antivirals that could combat future pandemic-level viruses
The compound CMX521 significantly reduced lung viral titer and symptoms in a SARS-CoV-2 mouse model, as reported by biomedical company Chimerix in collaboration with the Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Development Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill. UNC School of Medicine faculty Nat Moorman, PhD, and Mark Heise, PhD, are key researchers in this program.