Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 14 papers during April 24th – May 7th, 2022.

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

Dr. Hyejung Won was recruited to the Department of Genetics and the Neuroscience Center at UNC Chapel Hill in 2018. Her up-and-coming research program integrates innovative genomic approaches with basic neurobiology to develop a systematic understanding of psychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Won’s scientific career began at KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea where she earned … Continued

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 7 papers during September 5th – 18th 2021.

Hyejung Won (PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics, Neuroscience Center), Karen Mohlke (PhD, Professor, Department of Genetics), and Mike Love (PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics, Department of Genetics), were awarded a 5-year $9.25 million UM1 grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) titled “Systematic in vivo characterization of disease-associated regulatory variants”. The … Continued

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during July 25th – August 7th 2021.

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”.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 12 papers during July 11th – July 24th, 2021.

We are excited to announce that Nancy Sey, who works in Dr. Hyejung Won’s lab and is co-mentored by Dr. Joyce Besheer, was selected as a 2021 HHMI Gilliam Fellow.