Category: Award

Congratulations to Marielle Bond for being awarded an NRSA F31 predoctral fellowship from the National Institute on Aging. Marielle’s project is titled: “Cell-type Specific Interrogation of Variant Function in Alzheimer’s Disease.”        

UNC School of Medicine graduate student Oscar Arroyo from Daniel McKay’s lab was among 50 students across the United States named as Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced the 2023 class of 50 Gilliam Fellows conducting outstanding research in their respective scientific...

Congratulations to Rachel DuMez-Kornegay (Rob Dowen lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health. Rachel’s project is titled “Elucidating the Host Metabolic Response to Consumption of Kombucha-associated Microorganisms.”      

Genetics and Molecular Biology recent graduate Jack Sanford, from the lab of Yanping Zhang, receives the Graduate Fellow Basic Science Award from UNC Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Graduate Fellow Awards in Basic Science is annual competitive $3,000 award for outstanding graduate students in the research programs of cancer...

Jeff Sekelsky, PhD (Professor of Biology and Genetics) has been awarded the 2023 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student and Academic Program Support from the UNC Graduate School.  This award recognizes graduate faculty currently in the Director of Graduate Studies role who provide outstanding support for graduate programs and...

Congratulations to Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Rachel DuMez in the lab of Rob Dowen, UNC Departments of Biology and Cell Biology & Physiology for receiving the “People’s Choice Award” at the 2022 Three Minute Thesis Competition! Read full story here.

Winners of awards at the Genetics Retreat were: Best Talk: Alex Stutzman (Jill Dowen and Dan McKay labs) Best Talk: Rachel DuMez (Rob Dowen lab) Best Poster: Sonja Mikhailovic (Jeremy Purvis and Adriana Beltran labs)

Sarah Brotman (Karen Mohlke lab) and Hannah Wiedner (Jimena Giudice lab) were selected as winners of the Terry Magnuson Dissertation Award. This award, named in honor of the founding chair of the Department of Genetics at UNC, is given to one or two outstanding students in their final year of...

Kia Perez-Vale (Mark Peifer lab) was selected to participate in the Yale University Ciencia Initiative. Throughout 2020, Kia will participate in a program designed “to expand access to scientific knowledge, experiences, and careers among communities or populations traditionally underrepresented in, or underserved by, the scientific enterprise.”

Adelaide Tovar (Samir Kelada lab) was selected to participate in the Yale University Ciencia Initiative. Throughout 2020, Adelaide will participate in a program designed “to expand access to scientific knowledge, experiences, and careers among communities or populations traditionally underrepresented in, or underserved by, the scientific enterprise.”

Lauren Donoghue (Samir Kelada lab) has been selected to attend the Leena Peltonen School of Human Genomics program in Switzerland in August. Graduate and postdoctoral trainees gather with leading experts in the field for interactive discussions and presentations on cutting-edge topics in human genetics and genomics. Participants also receive one-to-one...

Lauren Donoghue (Samir Kelada lab) was selected for a DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics from the Genetics Society of America. Talia will use the award to travel to the Drosophila Research Conference where she has been selected to give a talk.   Please also see our page...