Author Archives: Maddie Felton

Luciana Leopold (Shawn Ahmed lab) published an article titled “Lack of pairing during meiosis triggers multigenerational transgene silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans.” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 112: E2667-76. (Image: effects of mutations on transgenerational RNAe; see paper for full image and legend.) Please see our page on...

Congratulations to Diana Chong (Vicki Bautch lab), who was awarded a grant from the American Heart Association.  Her project is titled “Analysis of Tortuous Vessel Formation and Sprouting”.  Please also see our page on Grants to GMB Students.

Congratulations to Ann Emery (Ron Swanstrom lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health.  Ann’s project is titled “Quantification of HIV-1 splicing phenotypes and the role of RNA structure and splice regulator elements“....

Congratulations to Kathryn Headley (Nate Hathaway lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation.  Kathryn’s project is titled, “Enhancing reactivation of stem cell factor Oct4 with novel small molecules“. Please also see our page on Grants to GMB Students.

More than two dozen GMB students participated in the 9th Annual North Carolina DNA Day by visiting state high schools to talk to students about DNA and science. An article, featuring GMB student Maren Canon (Karen Mohlke lab), was published on the UNC Healthcare website.

Giri Murlidharan (Aravind Asokan lab) published an article titled “Unique glycan signatures regulate adeno-associated virus tropism in the developing brain” in Journal of Virology 89:3976-87. (Image: localization of CBA protein introduced by AAV in primary astrocytes; see paper for full image and legend.) Please see our page on Publications by...

Esteban Terzo (Bob Duronio lab) published an article titled “Distinct self-interaction domains promote Multi Sex Combs accumulation in and formation of the Drosophila histone locus body” in Molecular Biology of the Cell 26:1559-74. (Image: co-localization of GFP-MXC and FLASH at the histone locus body; see paper for full image and legend.)...

The NRSA T32 training grant that supports the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology was renewed by NIGMS. The proposal, submitted in January, 2014, received a priority score of 20 in the June study section. This grant, which has been funded since 1975, will continue to support training activities and...

Congratulations to Bailey Peck (Praveen Sethupathy lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health.  Bailey’s project is titled “Whole transcriptome analysis of distinct populations of the intestinal epithelium and its response...

Tangi Smallwood (Brian Bennett lab) published an article titled “High-resolution genetic mapping in the diversity outbred mouse population identifies Apobec1 as a candidate gene for atherosclerosis” published in G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics 4: 2353-2363. (Image: Mapping of significant hits on Chromosome 9 for plasma triglyceride levels; see paper for full...

Congratulations to Maren Cannon (Karen Mohlke lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health.  Maren’s project is titled “Genetic and metabolic effects on ANGPTL8 expression and HDL-C metabolism“. Please also see our page on Grants...

Congratulations to John Runge (Terry Magnuson lab), winner of the Bullit History of Medicine Club’s McClendon-Thomas Award. This award recognized scholarly excellence in the history of health sciences. John’s essay “Character Trials: Managing Epidemic Disease in the 19th Century American South” describes efforts to stop Yellow Fever from spreading across...