Name: Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Alejandro Ochoa
Start: 2026-03-13T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-13T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 1131 Bioinformatics Building

February 2026
Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Steven Henikoff

February 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Friday Seminar Series

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

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.
Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Szymanski, Rostamian, & Puller

February 17 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am GMB Student Seminar Series

Pagano Room at Lineberger 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology. This week’s speakers are Rachel Szymanski from the Frank Conlon Lab, Hosein Rostamian from the Brian Strahl Lab, and Gabby Puller from the Pat Brennwald Lab.
Friday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Coke & Boyson

February 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm GMB Student Seminar Series

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology. This week’s speakers are Addie Coke from the Bob Goldstein and Christina Burch Labs and Sam Boyson from the Mauro Calabrese Lab. *This is a make-up date for talks cancelled previously … Read more
Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Madden & Troncoso

February 24 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am GMB Student Seminar Series

Pagano Room at Lineberger 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology. This week’s speakers are Ethan Madden from the Brian Strahl Lab and Karla Troncoso from the Bob Duronio Lab.
Thursday – GMB Defense: Riya Gohil

February 26 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Student Defense

G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

GMB Curriculum Student Defense GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Riya Gohil, student of Jill Dowen. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Alison Motsinger-Reif

February 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Friday Seminar Series

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Alison Motsinger-Reif, Chief, Biostatistics & Computational Biology Branch and Principal Investigator at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, on Friday, February 27, 2026. Dr. Motsinger-Reif's talk title is "Gene Environment Interactions in the Personalized Environment and Genes Study". Dr. Motsinger-Reif is hosted by Samir … Read more
March 2026
Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Hysong & Gomez

March 3 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am GMB Student Seminar Series

Pagano Room at Lineberger 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology. This week’s speakers are Micah Hysong from the Laura Raffield Lab and Alejandro Gomez from the Hyejung Won Lab.
Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Rajula Elango Alleva

March 6 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Friday Seminar Series

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Rajula Elango Alleva, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, on Friday, March 6, 2026. Dr. Alleva’s talk title is “DNA-Protein Crosslinks: Molecular Fate and Consequences for Human Health”. Dr. Alleva is hosted by Dale Ramsden, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
Tuesday – GMB Student Seminar Series: Gerdes Gyuricza & El-Shiekh

March 10 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am GMB Student Seminar Series

Pagano Room at Lineberger 450 West Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

Genetics & Molecular Biology Student Seminar Series Weekly seminar series featuring talks from the students of the UNC Curriculum in Genetics & Molecular Biology. This week’s speakers are Isabela Gerdes Gyuricza from the Jonathan Parr Lab and Iman El-Shiekh from the Dale Ramsden and Gaorav Gupta Labs.
Thursday – GMB Defense: Sharon Edmiston

March 12 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Student Defense

G100 Bondurant Hall 321 South Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

GMB Curriculum Student Defense GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Sharon Edmiston, student of Nancy Thomas. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Jichun Xie

March 13 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am Friday Seminar Series

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Jichun Xie, Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Computer Science, Member of the Duke Cancer Institute at Duke University, on Friday, March 13, 2026. Dr. Xie’s talk title is “A transcriptomics-native foundation model for universal cell representation and virtual cell synthesis”. Dr. Xie is hosted by Yun Li, … Read more
Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Alejandro Ochoa

March 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Friday Seminar Series

1131 Bioinformatics Building 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Alejandro Ochoa, Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University, on Friday, March 13, 2026. Dr. Ochoa’s talk title is “Joint analysis of genetically complex cohorts”. Dr. Ochoa is hosted by Laura Raffield, Assistant Professor of Genetics.

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