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

Jeremy Purvis, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics and Computational Medicine) has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for his project titled “Toward a revised model of the cell cycle that captures reversible and irreversible arrest”.

PhD candidate Jamshaid Shahir in the Jeremy Purvis lab shares about his research on how to heal a broken heart, a path that is positioning him for a role in the sciences at the frontier of his discipline and for a career in computational biology.

Sonja Mihailovic, GMB graduate student in the laboratories of Drs. Adriana Beltran and Jeremy Purvis (both Associate Professors in Genetics), has been selected as part of the 2023 RTP cohort in the Nucleate Activator program for next-generation bioentrepreneurs.

Jeremy Purvis, PhD (Associate Professor) and Christoph Rau, PhD (Assistant Professor) received an Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research (ECBR) award from UNC School of Medicine for their project titled “Identifying the role of local cell-type neighborhoods on catecholamine-induced focal necrosis”.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during September 25th – October 8th, 2022.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during August 28th – September 10th, 2022.

Dr. Jeremy Purvis (Associate Professor, Genetics) has been awarded an Administrative Equipment Supplement from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his existing grant titled “Computational models of the human cell cycle to reveal disease mechanism and inform treatment”. 

Dr. Jeremy Purvis (Associate Professor, Department of Genetics) was awarded Boost funding from the UNC School of Medicine (SOM) Dean’s Office for his project “Modeling and Targeting the Cell Cycle for Breast Cancer”.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during February 13th – 26th 2022.