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 … Read more

Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD (BCB), Benjamin Vincent, MD (BCB), and Pengda Liu, PhD, 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 … Read more

Nina Nishiyama, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh, received an F31 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA). Individual Predoctoral Fellowship from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney … Read more

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 … Read more

Sarah Parker, a doctoral student in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (Doug Phanstiel lab), is a finalist in the UNC Graduate School’s Three Minute Thesis competition. This achievement reflects her ability to present her research in an accessible and compelling way. The … Read more

PhD candidate Jamshaid Shahir shares about his research on how to heal a broken heart, a path that is positioning him for a role in the sciences at the frontier of his discipline and for a career in computational biology. … Read more

Congratulation to Ellen Risemberg, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Will Valdar and Marty Ferris, UNC Department of Genetics, who were both selected in the top ten for Three Minute Thesis! A panel of judges selected … Read more

Congratulations to John Flores, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the lab of Doug Phanstiel, for taking outstanding poster award at the 2022 Scientific Retreat! The Department of Genetics, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) and the … Read more

Congratulations to Mike Kelly, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Hector Franco and Joel Parker, and Ellen Risemberg, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Will Valdar and Marty Ferris for taking outstanding … Read more

Congratulations to Nil Aygun, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the lab of Jason Stein, and Jolene Ranek, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student in the labs of Jeremy Purvis and Natalie Stanley, for taking the Terry Magnuson Award … Read more