ºÚÁÏÍø

November 9th marks the first ever Genetic Counselor Awareness Day. Help us celebrate by learning more about this growing profession and some fun facts about your Department of Genetics colleagues. What is genetic counseling?   It is one of the fastest growing healthcare professions with a tremendous ~29% growth annually according...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published fifteen papers during the last two weeks of October 2017. Joint Estimation of Multiple Dependent Gaussian Graphical Models with Applications to Mouse Genomics. Xie Y, Liu Y, Valdar W. Biometrika. 2016 Sep;103(3):493-511. doi: 10.1093/biomet/asw035. PMID: 29038606 Lipopolysaccharide Potentiates Insulin-Driven Hypoglycemic Shock. Hagar JA, Edin...

The Department of Genetics, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) and the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BCB) hosted the first annual Fall Festival for all affiliated faculty, staff and students. On Wednesday, October 18, The Department of Genetics, the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB)...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twelve papers during the first two weeks of October 2017. NLRX1 promotes immediate IRF1-directed antiviral responses by limiting dsRNA-activated translational inhibition mediated by PKR. Feng H, Lenarcic EM, Yamane D, Wauthier E, Mo J, Guo H, McGivern DR, González-López O, Misumi I, Reid...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published fourteen papers between September 17-30, 2017. Genetics of Tinnitus: Time to Biobank Phantom Sounds. Cederroth CR, Kähler AK, Sullivan PF, Lopez-Escamez JA. Front Genet. 2017 Sep 4;8:110. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00110. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28928766 A SNP panel and online tool for checking genotype concordance...

State of the Department FY17 A summary of the key performance indicators, accomplishments and activities of the Department of Genetics for FY17 has been posted here. UPDATE: a new link has been posted above for the State of the Department pdf that is available to everyone.

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twenty papers between September 3 and 16, 2017. Evidence that endogenous formaldehyde produces immunogenic and atherogenic adduct epitopes. Nakamura J, Shimomoto T, Collins LB, Holley DW, Zhang Z, Barbee JM, Sharma V, Tian X, Kondo T, Uchida K, Yi X, Perkins DO, Willis...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published eleven papers between August 20 and September 2, 2017. Genetic architecture of atherosclerosis dissected by QTL analyses in three F2 intercrosses of apolipoprotein E-null mice on C57BL6/J, DBA/2J and 129S6/SvEvTac backgrounds. Makhanova N, Morgan AP, Kayashima Y, Makhanov A, Hiller S, Zhilicheva S,...

Department of Genetics faculty and collaborators published twelve papers between August 6 and August 19, 2017. Upregulation of autophagy genes and the unfolded protein response in human heart failure. Jensen BC, Bultman SJ, Holley D, Tang W, de Ridder G, Pizzo S, Bowles D, Willis MS. Int J Clin Exp...

As ºÚÁÏÍø geneticist Jonathan Berg gears up to lead a $9.7-million renewal of the NCGENES project, we look at a story from the original study and how it changed the fortunes of a woman from Goldsboro, NC. CHAPEL HILL, NC – When she was six, a mysterious ailment caused Elizabeth...