Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 10 papers during September 11th – 24th, 2022.

UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Hyejung Won, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics, used a new kind of computational tool to parse the complicated genetics that put some people at higher risk of becoming addicted to alcohol, cigarettes, and likely other substances of abuse.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 11 papers during June 19th – July 2nd, 2022.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published 16 papers during June 5th – 18th, 2022.

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