Faculty Seminars

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Jason Somarelli, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Duke University, on Friday, October 31, 2025. Dr. Somarelli’s talk title is “Targeting cellular persistence to overcome hormone therapy resistance in prostate cancer”. Dr. Somarelli is hosted by Brian C Miller, UNC Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of … Read more

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Gina Pham, Associate Director, Genomics at Pairwise, on Friday, November 14, 2025. Dr. Pham’s talk title is “Game of Thorns: identification of a causal mutation for thornlessness in blackberry”. Dr. Pham is hosted by Mauro Calabrese, Associate Professor of Pharmacology.

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Laura Lee, Assistant Professor of Biology at UNC Chapel Hill, on Friday, January 9, 2026. Dr. Lee’s talk title is “How does GSH regulate cell cycle progression in plants?”. Dr. Lee is hosted by Dan McKay, Associate Professor of Biology and Genetics.

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Yarui Diao, Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology at Duke University, on Friday, January 23, 2026. Dr. Diao's talk title is "Regeneration Genomics: From Omics Technologies to Mechanism-Informed Regenerative Medicine”. Dr. Diao is hosted by Jill Dowen, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry & Biophysics.

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Steven Henikoff, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, Basic Sciences Division Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, on Friday, February 13, 2026. Dr. Henikoff's talk title is "Histone overexpression in cancer". Dr. Henikoff is hosted by the UNC Genetics & Molecular Biology Graduate Students.