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NIH All of Us Research Program Seeks Input on Next Phase of Data Linkages Curated through CLAD

All Of Us June 6, 2024

The Center for Linkage and Acquisition of Data (CLAD), led by Dr. Melissa Haendel (Distinguished Professor, Genetics) “expands the types and research utility of program data available to researchers through passive data streams.” 


Dr. Laura Raffield Receives New U01 Grant from the National Institute on Aging

Laura Raffield June 3, 2024

Laura Raffield, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) has been awarded a new U01 grant from NIA for her project titled “Proteomic biomarkers of incident cognitive impairment in Black and White adults”.


Dr. Jim Crowley Receives New R13 Conference Grant from NIMH

James Crowley June 3, 2024

Jim Crowley, PhD (Professor, Genetics) was awarded an R13 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to fund student, postdoc, and junior faculty attendance to the Annual Latin American Congress on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. 


Dr. Erin Heinzen Receives New Grant from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

Heinzen 2023 June 3, 2024

Erin Heinzen, PharmD, PhD (Associate Professor, Pharmacy and Genetics) was awarded a new R21 grant from NINDS for her project titled “Genotype-informed single-cell transcriptomic profiling of mosaic brain tissue”.


Dr. Jenny Ting Receives New Grant from National Multiple Sclerosis Society

Jenny Ting June 3, 2024

Jenny Ting, PhD (Distinguished Professor, Genetics and Microbiology and Immunology) was awarded a new grant from the NMSS for her project titled “Investigating a novel beneficial gut microbe for potential MS therapy”.


NIGMS Diversity Supplement Awarded to Jackie Brinkman

Jackie Brinkman June 3, 2024

A new supplement to the NIGMS R35 grant  “Mechanisms of SWI/SNF complex assembly and function”  (Dr. Jesse Raab, PI) has been awarded to Jackie Brinkman, BS.


UNC BCB and GMB Graduate Students Celebrate the End of the Academic Year!

BCB and GMB Graduate Students Celebrate End Of Academic Year May 24, 2024

Graduate Students from the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology celebrated the end of academic year 2023-2024 with a summer kick-off on the lawn of Genetic Medicine Building on the UNC campus on Thursday, May 23.


UNC Genetics, Pharmacology, BCB, and GMB Team Up With the UNC Office of Rural Initiatives for “Heal Day with the Heels 2024”

Heal Day With The Heals with Fernando Pardo Manuel De Villena May 24, 2024

The UNC Department of Genetics joined together 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 of community outreach with “Heal Day with the Heels”.


NHGRI Diversity Supplement Awarded to Grace Leon-Lozano

Grace Leon-Lozano May 20, 2024

A new supplement to the Age-Based Genomic Screening (ABGS) project (PIs Drs. Milko and Berg) has been awarded to Grace Leon-Lozano, BS. 


Dr. Karen Mohlke Awarded R01 Competitive Renewal from NIDDK

Karen Mohlke Genetics May 13, 2024

Karen Mohlke, PhD (Professor, Department of Genetics) was awarded a R01 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).


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