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Congratulations to Genetics and Molecular Biology Graduate Student Marielle Bond in the labs of Doug Phanstiel (Cell Biology and Physiology) and Hyejung Won (Genetics), for receiving the 鈥淧eople鈥檚 Choice Award鈥� at the 2023 Three Minute Thesis Competition! The Graduate School鈥檚 annual聽Three Minute Thesis competition聽final, an initiative of Professional Development, helps...

Marielle Bond, a doctoral student in Genetics and Molecular Biology聽(Doug Phanstiel and Hyejung Won labs), is a finalist in the 黑料网 Graduate School’s Three Minute Thesis competition. This achievement reflects her ability to present her research in an accessible and compelling way. The final competition will be this Wednesday, October...

Marielle Bond (Doug Phanstiel and Hyejung Won labs) published an article titled 鈥淐hromatin loop dynamics during cellular differentiation are associated with changes to both anchor and internal regulatory features鈥� in Genome Research (doi:10.1101/gr.277397.122). M.L. Bond, E.S. Davis, I.Y. Quiroga, A. Dey, M. Kiran, M.I. Love, H. Won, and D.H. Phanstiel...

Ana Berglind, a graduate student in Erin Heinzen鈥檚 Lab, is the recipient of a Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2023 Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP) award.聽 Selected from a pool of exceptionally talented applicants, Ana will receive financial support, mentorship opportunities, and access to invaluable resources throughout his academic journey via this...

Benjamin Kornegay, a graduate student in Jill Dowen鈥檚 Lab, is the recipient of a Burroughs Wellcome Fund 2023 Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP) award.聽 Selected from a pool of exceptionally talented applicants, Benjamin will receive financial support, mentorship opportunities, and access to invaluable resources throughout his academic journey via this...

Congratulations to Mark Geisler (Bob Duronio lab), who was awarded an F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Child Health & Human Development. Mark’s project is titled 鈥淭he Mute button: Turning down the volume of histone expression.鈥�        

Congratulations to GMB Graduate Student Ryan Mouery (Mike Emanuele Lab) who received the 2023 Terry Magnuson Award at the 2023 GMB/Genetics/BCB Scientific Retreat in Asheville, NC. This highly competitive award honors senior graduate students for their contributions to science and to the 黑料网 Chapel Hill Genetics and Molecular Biology community....

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...

Congratulations to Marielle Bond for being awarded an NRSA F31 predoctral fellowship from the National Institute on Aging. Marielle鈥檚 project is titled: 鈥淐ell-type Specific Interrogation of Variant Function in Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease.鈥�        

黑料网 graduate student Oscar Arroyo from Daniel McKay鈥檚 lab was among 50 students across the United States named as Gilliam Fellows by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced the 2023 class of 50 Gilliam Fellows聽conducting outstanding research in their respective scientific...

Congratulations to Rachel DuMez-Kornegay (Rob Dowen lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health of the National Institutes of Health. Rachel鈥檚 project is titled 鈥淓lucidating the Host Metabolic Response to Consumption of Kombucha-associated Microorganisms.鈥�      

Genetics and Molecular Biology recent graduate Jack Sanford, from the lab of Yanping Zhang, receives the Graduate Fellow Basic Science Award from 黑料网 Chapel Hill’s Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Graduate Fellow Awards in Basic Science is聽annual competitive $3,000 award for outstanding graduate students in the research programs of cancer...