Dr. Will Valdar Appointed Director of UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) Curriculum
Will Valdar, PhD has been appointed Director of the UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology curriculum, effective July 1, 2019.
Will Valdar, PhD has been appointed Director of the UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology curriculum, effective July 1, 2019.
Jeremy Purvis, PhD has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor with permanent tenure in the Department of Genetics, effective July 1, 2019.
Jonathan S. Berg, MD, PhD has been promoted to the rank of Full Professor in the Departments of Genetics and Medicine, effective July 1, 2019.
Ann Nochlin, Business Manager in the Department of Genetics was named as a Dean’s Performance Award recipient for her support of UNC Faculty.
Dr. Keriayn Smith was awarded a UNC Idea Grant for her project titled “Cyrano: An Oncogene in Neuroblastoma?”.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published eleven papers during June 2-15, 2019.
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student Andrew Hinton in the labs of Peter Mucha and Wesley Burkes has been awarded a 2019 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student Shelsa Marcel in the labs of Ian Davis and Joel Parker has been awarded a 2019 Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published six papers during May 19 – June 1, 2019.
Dr. Jenny Ting, William Kenan Professor of Genetics and Microbiology & Immunology has been elected to serve as Vice President of The American Association of Immunologists (AAI) for the 2019-2020 term.