Category: Award

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Congratulations to Erica Branham for being awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Erica’s project is titled: “Stressful life events confer risk for chronic posttraumatic musculoskeletal pain through DNA methylation changes at the POMC promoter.”        

Congratulations to Gabi Quickstad for being awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research. Gabi’s project is titled: “Investigating the roles of the H3K4 methyltransferases KMT2C and KMT2D in chondrocyte differentiation and endochondral ossification.”          

Congratulations to Sarah Lester (they/them) for being awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Sarah’s project is titled: “Understanding the Genetic Contributions to Variation in Ozone Exposure Response.”          

Ana Berglind, a Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate student in Erin Heinzen’s Lab, is the recipient of a F99/K00 award from the National Institutes of Health. Her project title is “Discovery and functional characterization of somatic variation in intractable focal epilepsy”. The purpose of the Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition...

Micah Hysong (he/him), Genetics & Molecular Biology graduate student in Laura Raffield’s Lab (UNC Genetics), received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award. This fellowship will pay for the remainder of his PhD and offer exciting opportunities. He got this fellowship based on both his research proposal...

Ryan Salcido, Genetics & Molecular Biology graduate student in Mauro Calabrese’s lab (UNC Pharmacology) and received the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award for his research proposal “Escape from X-Inactivation: A Model to Study Reversal of Epigenetic Silencing” and his commitment to science education and outreach.    ...

Marielle Bond, a doctoral student in Genetics and Molecular Biology (Doug Phanstiel and Hyejung Won labs), is a finalist in the UNC Graduate School’s Three Minute Thesis competition. This achievement reflects her ability to present her research in an accessible and compelling way. The final competition will be this Wednesday, October...

Benjamin Kornegay, a graduate student in Jill Dowen’s Lab, is the recipient of a Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2023 Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP) award.  Selected from a pool of exceptionally talented applicants, Benjamin will receive financial support, mentorship opportunities, and access to invaluable resources throughout his academic journey via this...

Congratulations to Mark Geisler (Bob Duronio lab), who was awarded an F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. Mark’s project is titled “The Mute button: Turning down the volume of histone expression.”        

Congratulations to GMB Graduate Student Ryan Mouery (Mike Emanuele Lab) who received the 2023 Terry Magnuson Award at the 2023 GMB/Genetics/BCB Scientific Retreat in Asheville, NC. This highly competitive award honors senior graduate students for their contributions to science and to the UNC Chapel Hill Genetics and Molecular Biology community....

The Department of Genetics, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) and the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) held a scientific retreat on Sept. 20-22, 2023, at  Renaissance in Asheville, NC. More than 220 faculty, postdocs, students and staff attended the annual Scientific Retreat hosted by the...