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Thursday – BCB Student Seminar Series: Klein & Kavalipati
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Friday – GMB/BCB Seminar Series: Matt Smola
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Recent UNC BCB News
BCB Graduate Student Will Nenad publishes paper in G3
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student Will Nenad (Katie Hoadley Lab) publishes “Hepatocyte-targeted Bap1 reduction in the liver primes an inflammatory transcriptional response” in G3 (Genes | Genomes | Genetics). This study highlights how hepatocyte-specific loss of Bap1 drives distinct … Read more
BCB Graduate Student Nina Nishiyama publishes paper in Nature Communications
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student Nina Nishiyama (Terry Furey and Shehzad Sheikh Labs) publishes “eQTL in diseased colon tissue identifies potential target genes associated with IBD” in Nature Communications. This publication highlights the power of using diseased tissue to … Read more
Brewing Science into Everyday Life: BCB Student JP Flores Launches “Brewing Scientists” in Carrboro
UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology student JP Flores is bringing research out of the lab and into the community––through beer cans. As part of Science For Good, the nonprofit he co-founded, Flores and collaborator Angelique Allen (University of Oregon) launched … Read more
BCB Welcomes 2025 New Students!
The Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology officially welcomed our incoming 2025 class of new students with a full day symposium on Monday, June 2, 2025. The symposium was hosted by Will Valdar, BCB Director of Graduate Studies, and Mike … Read more
UNC GeNe Families Celebrate Community with 2025 Chili Cook-Off!
UNC Chapel Hill’s GeNe Families group, which consists of graduate students in the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, the Curriculum in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and the Department of Genetics, celebrated community with a 2025 Chili Cook-Off on Tuesday, … Read more
BCB Student JP Flores named Emerging Public Policy Leader by the American Institute of Biological Sciences
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student JP Flores in the lab of Doug Phanstiel has been named 2025 Emerging Public Policy Leader by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. AIBS Names 2025 Emerging Public Policy Leader The American Institute of … Read more
Congratulations to BCB Fall 2024 DeLill Nasser Awardee Ellen Risemberg!
Genetics Society of America is pleased to announce that UNC Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Graduate Student Ellen Risemberg (William Valdar & Martin Ferris Labs) is a recipient of the DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics for Fall 2024! Given … Read more
UNC-Chapel Hill researchers develop revolutionary heart model: A breakthrough with potential to transform cardiac care and research
A team led by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill (including recent Bioinformatics and Computational Biology graduate Marshall Davey and BCB faculty member Boyce Griffith) have developed an innovative computer model of blood flow in the human heart that promises to transform … Read more
