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.
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
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.
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
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
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.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Debra Silver, Professor in Cell Biology, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Investigator in the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, at Duke University, on Friday, February 6, 2026. Dr. Silver's talk title is "Building our brains: from development to evolution". Dr. Silver is hosted … Read more
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 Curriculum Student Defense GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Yibo Si, student of Henrik Dohlman. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series The GMB/BCB Friday Seminar Series welcomes Jun Li, Associate Professor, School of Data Science and Society at UNC Chapel Hill, on Friday, January 16, 2026. Dr. Li’s talk title is "Functional Proteomic Landscapes across Human Cancers”. Dr. Li is hosted by Will Valdar, Professor of Genetics and Biostatistics.
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 Curriculum Student Defense GMB Curriculum Student Defense: Jessica McAfee, student of Hyejung Won. Presented in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.