{"id":16970,"date":"2026-05-22T11:18:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/?p=16970"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T15:18:22","slug":"unc-gene-families-including-bcb-and-gmb-graduate-students-kick-off-summer-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/unc-gene-families-including-bcb-and-gmb-graduate-students-kick-off-summer-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC GeNe Families including BCB and GMB Graduate Students Kick Off Summer 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16979 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2026\/05\/Summer-Event-Corn-Hole-2.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Event Corn Hole 2\" width=\"485\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2026\/05\/Summer-Event-Corn-Hole-2.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2026\/05\/Summer-Event-Corn-Hole-2-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2026\/05\/Summer-Event-Corn-Hole-2-280x210.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/>UNC GeNe Families including graduate students from the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and other Department of Genetics labs celebrated the end of academic year 2025-2026 with a summer kick-off on the lawn of Genetic Medicine Building on the UNC campus on Thursday, May 14.<\/p>\n<p>The event was organized by the BCB and GMB programs\u2019 GeNe Families organization. GeNe Families is a graduate student organization consisting of students from the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and students with labs in the Department of Genetics in a variety of other graduate programs.<\/p>\n<p>The fourth annual community event included food, lawn games, and the always popular make your own tie-dye t-shirts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Thank you to the organizers and volunteers for their time and efforts!<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;width: 100%;height: 69px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 23px\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;height: 23px;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16973\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/genetics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/481\/2026\/05\/Tie-Dye-1.jpg\" alt=\"Summer Kick Off Tie Dye 1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" 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