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Investment in Carolina鈥檚 research enterprise grew in FY24, with significant increases in funding from private organizations and federal agencies. The numbers are in and research at Carolina continues to grow. This is the fifth year in a row that research awards have topped $1 billion, facilitating research projects and experiments...

Researchers in the lab of Jenny Ting, PhD, the William Kenan Distinguished Professor of Genetics and professor of microbiology and immunology, have made numerous findings about how cell death from SARS-CoV-2 infection may directly influence disease progression.

Dr. Barnett is the recipient of a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the NIAID. Her project is entitled 鈥淩egulation of Pathologic Inflammasome Responses to SARS-CoV-2.鈥� This award is for promising postdoctoral scientists to transition to independent, tenure-track faculty positions. This award will support the end of Dr. Barnett鈥檚 mentored...

Erin Heinzen, Pharm.D., Ph.D. How seizures, epilepsy and other brain malformations develop from genetic variants is not fully understood, but a new National Institutes of Health (NIH) award will pave the way toward understanding the cause and potentially lead to new therapies.聽聽 New (non-inherited) genetic variants can arise as cells...

Parul Johri, PhD (Assistant Professor, Biology and Genetics) won the 2024 Early-Career Excellence Award from the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.

The 黑料网 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 黑料网 Office of Rural Initiatives to participate in a day of community outreach with 鈥淐amp Med鈥�.

黑料网 Research Core Facilities are shared services that enhance and expand the collaborative capabilities of Carolina鈥檚 research enterprise.

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The NIH Office of the Director-funded grant 鈥淚ron-CLAD: securely advancing All of Us participant characterization with proven platforms and collaborations鈥� (Dr. Melissa Haendel, PI) has been transferred to 黑料网 Genetics.

Dr. Piotr Mieczkowski (Professor, Genetics) was awarded an equipment grant from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) for his proposal titled 鈥淓nhancing the High Throughput Sequencing Facility at 黑料网: Upgrading from Fluent 1080 to Tecan DreamPrep NGS Workstation for Improved Capability鈥�.