Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during July 3rd – 16th, 2022.

The laboratories of Drs. Yun Li (Professor, Genetics), Jason Stein (Associate Professor, Genetics) and Hongtu Zhu (Professor, Computer Science and Genetics) published a paper titled “Common variants contribute to intrinsic human brain functional networks” in Nature Genetics 2022 Apr 7.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 17 papers during March 27th – April 9th, 2022.

Sarah Brotman (GMB – Mohlke lab) and Brandon Le (BCB – Stein lab) participated (virtually) in the 2021 UNC “Shadow a Scientist” Program. 

Dr. Jason Stein has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Genetics, effective January 1, 2022.

As part of the Forward Together Strategic Plan, the UNC School of Medicine committed $100,000 this year to fund pilot neuroscience research projects through the NeuroSpark event.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during October 3rd – 16th 2021.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during August 8th – 21st, 2021.

The laboratory of Dr. Jason Stein (Assistant Professor, Genetics and Neuroscience Center) published a paper titled “Brain-trait-associated variants impact cell-type specific gene regulation during neurogenesis” in the American Journal of Human Genetics (19 Aug 2021 issue).

Drs. Jason Stein (Assistant Professor) and Hyejung Won (Assistant Professor) have been awarded an U01 grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) for their project titled “Discovery and validation of genetic variation impacting the gene regulatory landscape during human cortical development”.