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Danielle Rogers awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

March 30, 2013
Congratulations to Danielle Rogers (labs ofJeff Sekelsky and Dorothy Erie), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Danielle’s project is Crossover formation in Drosophila: Elucidating the Structural Role of Meiotic Resolvases.”

50 Years of the Curriculum in Genetics!

March 8, 2013
The Curriculum in Genetics at was founded in 1963, so we are celebrating our 50th year of training outstanding PhD students.  There will be a reception at the North Carolina Botanical Garden on Thursday, May 16, 4-7 pm.  This is being done in conjunction with the Carolina Biosciences Alumni...

Kate Coleman awarded NRSA F31 fellowship

February 21, 2013
Congratulations to Kate Coleman (Jean Cook lab), who was awarded an NRSA F31 predoctoral fellowship from the National Institutes of Health.

Kathryn Kohl receives Harold Weintraub Award

February 11, 2013
Congratulations to Kathryn Kohl (Jeff Sekelsky lab) for winning the Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award, which recognizes outstanding achievement during graduate studies in the biological sciences. Recipients of this prestigious national award participate in a scientific symposium to be held this spring at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center...

GMB recognized by NIH for student diversity

January 2, 2013
The Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology is listed on a site at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences for “NIGMS-Funded NRSA Training Programs with Notable Records of Diversity Recruitment and Retention“.

Kathryn Kohl publishes paper in Science

December 21, 2012
Congratulations to Kathryn Kohl for the recent publication of their paper in Science entitled “Evolution of an MCM Complex in Flies That Promotes Meiotic Crossovers by Blocking BLM Helicase”.