A team led by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill (including recent Bioinformatics and Computational Biology graduate Marshall Davey and BCB faculty member Boyce Griffith) have developed an innovative computer model of blood flow in the human heart that promises to transform … Read more
BCB Graduate Student Amjad Dabi (Dan Schrider Lab) publishes paper in Genetics. Simulation has become a cornerstone of population genetic research. However, simulating large populations is extremely computationally demanding. To circumvent this problem, researchers commonly use a simple approximation to … Read more
BCB Graduate Student Ronald Futila Kyong-shin (Parr Lab / IDEEL) was awarded a prize for best poster at the Genomic Epidemiology Conference of Malaria (GEM) conference at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Hinxton, England. Ronald’s research centers on the population … Read more
Congratulations to UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology graduate student Ellen Risemberg for receiving the 2024 Terry Magnuson Award! The Terry Magnuson Award is presented each year at the BCB/GMB/Genetics Scientific Retreat. The 2024 Retreat was held in Myrtle Beach, SC … Read more
The Department of Genetics, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) and the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) held a scientific retreat on September 29-October 1, 2024, at Myrtle Beach, SC. More than 210 faculty, postdocs, students … Read more
Ellen Risemberg (William Valdar and Martin Ferris Labs) published an article titled “Sarbecovirus disease susceptibility is conserved across viral and host models” in Virus Research. The results reported here provide the first conclusive evidence that susceptibility to coronavirus disease is conserved … Read more
Ellen Risemberg (William Valdar and Martin Ferris Labs) published an article titled “A mutation in Themis contributes to anaphylaxis severity following oral peanut challenge in CC027 mice” in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. This study aimed to determine the genetic basis of … Read more
Congratulations to JP Flores for being selected as a 2024-2026 Scholar by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG). JP’s application was chosen from a highly competitive group of candidates in a program that remains committed to advancing diversity, equity, … Read more
Congratulations to Seyoun (Jess) Byun for being awarded an F31 Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS). Jess’ project is titled: “The effect of genetic variation on mRNA splicing in chondrocytes responding to … Read more
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute awarded Gilliam Fellowships to 50 graduate students in science – and their advisers – following the largest competition in the program’s history. John Patrick Flores and his adviser Douglas Phanstiel, PhD, associate professor of cell … Read more
