<?xml version="1.0"?>
<oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>Department of Genetics</provider_name><provider_url>https://www.med.unc.edu/genetics</provider_url><author_name>Jonathon Cornett</author_name><author_url>https://www.med.unc.edu/genetics/author/jcornett/</author_url><title>Monday &#x2013; BCB Student Defense: Alec Plotkin | Department of Genetics</title><type>rich</type><width>600</width><height>338</height><html>&lt;blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="StoPYUub2n"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.med.unc.edu/genetics/event/monday-bcb-student-defense-alec-plotkin/"&gt;Monday &#x2013; BCB Student Defense: Alec Plotkin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.med.unc.edu/genetics/event/monday-bcb-student-defense-alec-plotkin/embed/#?secret=StoPYUub2n" width="600" height="338" title="&#x201C;Monday &#x2013; BCB Student Defense: Alec Plotkin&#x201D; &#x2014; Department of Genetics" data-secret="StoPYUub2n" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
/* &lt;![CDATA[ */
/*! This file is auto-generated */
!function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&amp;&amp;d.addEventListener&amp;&amp;"undefined"!=typeof URL&amp;&amp;(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&amp;&amp;!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i&lt;o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i&lt;a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&amp;&amp;(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3&lt;(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r&lt;200&amp;&amp;(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&amp;&amp;(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&amp;&amp;n.host===r.host&amp;&amp;l.activeElement===s&amp;&amp;(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r&lt;s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document);
/* ]]&gt; */
&lt;/script&gt;
</html><thumbnail_url>https://www.med.unc.edu/genetics/wp-content/uploads/sites/481/2026/05/BCB-Defense-Alec-Plotkin-051126-scaled.jpg</thumbnail_url><thumbnail_width>1978</thumbnail_width><thumbnail_height>2560</thumbnail_height><description>BCB Curriculum Student Defense Alec Plotkin Student of Justin Milner and Natalie Stanley Monday, May 11, 2026 at 1:00pm 3116 Mary Ellen Jones Building Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This student defense will be broadcast via Zoom. Link will be provided through UNC Curriculum in Bioinformatics &hellip; Read more</description></oembed>
