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Highlighted Faculty: Christoph Rau, PhD, Assistant Professor

February 21, 2025
The Department of Genetics is proud to highlight Dr. Christoph Rau for his excellence in research, mentorship, and service.

Julianne O鈥橠aniel Promoted to Clinical Professor

February 18, 2025
Ms. Julianne O鈥橠aniel, MS, CGC, has been promoted to Clinical Professor in the Department of Genetics, effective January 1, 2025.

Adriana Beltran Receives 黑料网 ELEVATE Award

February 11, 2025
Dr. Adriana Beltran, PhD (Associate Professor, Genetics) has received an ELEVATE Fixed-Term Faculty Development Award from the Committee on Faculty Leaves and Awards, 黑料网 Provost Office.

MicroRNA Responsible for Sex Differences in Cardiac Physiology, Disease

February 6, 2025
Researchers in the laboratories of Frank L. Conlon, PhD, Professor of Biology and Genetics, and Bill Marzluff, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have pinpointed small molecules that greatly affect differences in heart health in men and women. These results uncover one of the molecular reasons behind sex...

Eight Psychiatric Disorders Share the Same Genetic Causes, Study Says

January 23, 2025
Building off previous groundbreaking research, a new study identifies specific genetic variants that have significant impacts on brain development and are shared across eight different psychiatric disorders. Targeting these variants could pave the way for treatments that address multiple conditions at once.

Ahmed Lab Publishes in Aging Cell

January 17, 2025
The laboratory of Dr. Shawn Ahmed (Professor, Genetics and Biology) has published a paper in the 09 November 2024 issue of Aging Cell.

Kelada Awarded New R01 from NIEHS

January 10, 2025
Dr. Samir Kelada (Associate Professor, Genetics) received a new R01 grant from the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) for his project titled 鈥淕enetic mechanisms underlying maladaptive respiratory responses to air pollution鈥.

Thessen Publishes Genome-Phenome Association Study in Agronomy

December 9, 2024
Dr. Anne Thessen (Associate Professor, Genetics) was co-senior author of a paper titled "Post-GWAS Prioritization of Genome-Phenome Association in Sorghum鈥 in the latest issue of Agronomy.

黑料网 Scientists Discover New Details of Gene Regulation

December 5, 2024
A research team led by Daniel McKay, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Biology and Genetics, has identified a key focal point in the biological processes that control cell identity and can lead to disease when mutated.

32 Carolina faculty including Katie Hoadley and Jenny Ting from 黑料网 Genetics named 鈥榟ighly cited researchers鈥

December 4, 2024
Clarivate鈥檚 2024 international list of trailblazers among peers includes scholars in the Department of Genetics and from across the University.