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Quenching Curiosities with GMB Graduate Student Rachel DuMez-Kornegay

July 26, 2024

Meet three Carolina researchers studying beverages, from beer to soda, to improve human health and sustainability for all. Genetics and Molecular Biology graduate student Rachel DuMez-Kornegay featured in UNC Research Endeavors series. She studies how kombucha affects gut microbiomes. Read full story at UNC Endeavors website.          

Researchers Learn How Cancer Cells Divide Despite Treatment

July 26, 2024

GMB Graduate Student Brandon Mouery and researchers in the lab of GMB Faculty Member Jean Cook, PhD, Chair and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have identified the cellular processes that occur when you take a cancer drug meant to stop rapid cell growth in tumors. Cancer cells can hijack cell cycles to … Read more

GMB Graduate Student Ana Berglind (Erin Heinzen Lab) is the recipient of a F99/K00 Award

July 1, 2024

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 Award (F99/K00) is to encourage … Read more

GMB Teams Up with UNC Genetics, Pharmacology, BCB, and the UNC Office of Rural Initiatives for “Camp Med”

June 20, 2024

The UNC Department of Genetics joined together with the Department of Pharmacology, the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB), the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB), and the UNC Office of Rural Initiatives to participate in a day of community outreach with “Camp Med” on Thursday, June 20. This event welcomed groups of … Read more

GMB Graduate Student Noor Singh publishes paper in Current Biology!

June 3, 2024

Noor Singh (Kacy Gordon Lab) published an article titled “The Rac pathway prevents cell fragmentation in a nonprotrusively migrating leader cell during C. elegans gonad organogenesis” in Current Biology showing how a highly conserved small GTPase can prevent cell fragmentation during leader cell migration in C. elegans gonad morphogenesis.      

UNC School of Medicine Names GMB Faculty Sarah Linnstaedt and Pengda Liu 2023-24 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

May 17, 2024

Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD (GMB), Benjamin Vincent, MD, and Pengda Liu, PhD (GMB), were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award. The UNC School of Medicine has named three outstanding researchers as recipients of the eighth annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award. They are: Sarah Linnstaedt, … Read more

Micah Hysong (he/him) wins National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

April 26, 2024

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 “Leveraging Multi-omic data from Individuals … Read more

Ryan Salcido wins National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award

April 26, 2024

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.            

Rachel Dumez-Kornegay publishes paper in PLOS Genetics

April 4, 2024

Rachel Dumez-Kornegay & Rob Dowen: Probiotics in kombucha found to mimic fasting and reduce fat stores in C. elegans model   “These findings are significant as they are consistent with purported human health benefits of kombucha tea, which include protection against metabolic diseases, improved liver function, and reduced fat accumulation.” — Rob Dowen, PhD   Read … Read more

UNC BCB and GMB Graduate Students Baran, Flores, McAfee, and Szymanski Volunteer as UNC Ambassadors in the Shadow a Scientist program

December 11, 2023

On November 29, UNC graduate students Kerstin Baran (Genetics and Molecular Biology in the Kathleen Caron lab), JP Flores (Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in the Doug Phanstiel Lab), Jessica McAfee (Genetics and Molecular Biology in the Hyejung Won lab), and Rachel Szymanski (Genetics and Molecular Biology in the Frank Conlon lab) volunteered their time and … Read more

GMB Graduate Student Marielle Bond Wins People’s Choice Award at Three Minute Thesis Competition

November 17, 2023

Congratulations to Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Marielle Bond in the labs of Doug Phanstiel (Cell Biology and Physiology) and Hyejung Won (Genetics), for receiving the “People’s Choice Award” at the 2023 Three Minute Thesis Competition! The Graduate School’s annual Three Minute Thesis competition final, an initiative of Professional Development, helps graduate students distill their research … Read more