Drs. Yun Li, Laura Raffield, Cassandra Spracklen and Karen Mohlke are co-authors on two manuscripts in the 3 Sep 2020 issue of Cell.

Dr. Yuchao Jiang (Assistant Professor of Biostatistics and Genetics) was awarded an R35 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for his project titled “Statistical Methods for Bulk-Tissue and Single-Cell Multi-Omics Integration”.

Dr. Lisa Tarantino (Associate Professor, Department of Genetics) has been named the Faculty Director of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program (BBSP), effective August 1, 2020.

Dr. Christopher W. Gregory was promoted to Research Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective July 1, 2020.

Dr. Terry Magnuson, Vice Chancellor for Research and Kay M. and Van L. Weatherspoon Eminent Distinguished Professor of Genetics was awarded an administrative supplement to the U42 Cooperative Agreement “A Carolina Center to Characterize and Maintain Mutant Mice”.

Dr. Jenny Ting, William Rand Kenan Professor (Genetics), Professor (Microbiology and Immunology) and Director, Center for Translational Immunology at UNC Chapel Hill will serve as President of AAI for the 2020-2021 term.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published five papers during June 28 – July 11, 2020.

Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published nine papers during June 14-27, 2020.

Drs. Pat Sullivan, Mark Heise and Lisa Tarantino received notices of new awards in June 2020.

The founding members and current project team of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) project were recognized by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and will be honored during the virtual AACR meeting to be held Jun 22-24.