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Ms. Kristy Lee has been promoted to Research Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective November 1, 2023.

Dr. Dominic Ciavatta has been promoted to Research Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective November 1, 2023.

The Mutant Mouse Resource and Research Centers (MMRRC) is the premiere national public repository for mutant mice supported by NIH.

The Department of Genetics own Scott Young (Grants Manager) received the 黑料网 SOM Dean鈥檚 Performance Award for his 鈥渆xceptional contributions to research processes and innovations鈥� during the Annual SOM Staff Summit at the 黑料网 Friday Center on October 3, 2023.

Led by scientists at 黑料网-Chapel Hill and UC-San Francisco, research reveals new non-coding genetic variants associated with Alzheimer鈥檚 disease functioning in microglia 鈥� brain cells already implicated in the progression of this often-fatal neurodegenerative condition. Yun Li, PhD, professor of genetics, is the lead 黑料网 researcher.

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 Sept. 20-22, 2023, at聽 Renaissance in Asheville, NC. More than 220 faculty, postdocs, students and staff attended the annual Scientific Retreat hosted by the...

Led by Hyejung Won, PhD, 黑料网 researchers and colleagues developed a new research model to glean a deeper understanding of the genetic variants implicated in schizophrenia, including how genes are turned on or off to affect health and disease.

Matthew Halvorsen, PhD (Assistant Professor, Genetics) was awarded an R21 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for his project titled 鈥淎cceleration of risk gene discovery for Tic Disorders through large-scale collaboration鈥�.

黑料网 graduate students Oscar Arroyo from Daniel McKay鈥檚 lab and Aleah Bailey from Ilona Jasper鈥檚 lab, were among 50 students across the United States named as Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

The 黑料网 Clinical Genomic Analysis (GENYSIS) Core is a research service that collaborates with the BioSpecimen Processing (BSP) facility, the High-Throughput Sequencing Facility (HTSF), and the McLendon Molecular Genetics Laboratory (MGL) to provide clinical researchers with four main services.