Dr. Will Valdar (Professor, Department of Genetics) is the recipient of a subcontract from a new R01 grant awarded to Dr. David Threadgill at Texas A&M University.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published ten papers during March 7-20, 2021.

The paper, published by Drs. Wesley Krouse, Samir Kelada and William Valdar in GENETICS December 2020, was selected for the 2020 Spotlight collection of research and scholarship excellence published in the GSA journals.

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

Dr. William Valdar has been appointed Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective Jan. 1, 2021.

Drs. Wesley Crouse, Samir Kelada and Will Valdar (UNC Department of Genetics) published the manuscript “Inferring the Allelic Series at QTL in Multiparental Populations” in the October 20, 2020 edition of the journal GENETICS.  This paper will be featured as an issue highlight in the December 2020 edition of the journal.  The article follows:  Multiparent … Read more

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 18 papers during October 11-31, 2020.     Survival, Pathologic Response, and Genomics in CALGB 40601 (Alliance), a Neoadjuvant Phase III Trial of Paclitaxel-Trastuzumab With or Without Lapatinib in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer.  Fernandez-Martinez A, Krop IE, Hillman DW, Polley MY, Parker JS, Huebner L, Hoadley KA, … Read more

Faculty, staff, and students from the UNC Department of Genetics and the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) came together to participate in the 2020 SACNAS (Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) Virtual Conference held October 19-24, 2020.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eight papers during August 23 – Sept. 5, 2020.

BCB Colloquium Series The BCB Colloquium Series welcomes Erin Heinzen, Associate Professor of Genetics, and Will Valdar, Associate Professor of Genetics, this week. Erin Heinzen “Identification and genomic characterization of somatic variants in epilepsy” Will Valdar “Modeling GxT in the Collaborative Cross” The 2020 BCB Colloquium features talks from BCB Faculty and prospective BCB Faculty. … Read more