Biology discovery: tight DNA packaging protects against ‘jumping genes,’ potential cellular destruction
The following article, highlighting the work of Robert Duronio, PhD; Daniel McKay, PhD; Greg Matera, PhD; Brian Strahl, PhD., appeared in the September 1, 2016 edition of UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine’s Vital Signs newsletter and highlights … Read more
Penke awarded F31
Congratulations to Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology student Taylor Penke who was recently awarded an NIH F31 fellowship entitled “Investigating the Role of Histone Modifications in Heterochromatin Formation”!
Duronio, McKay, Matera, Strahl noted for development of histone research tool
The following article, highlighting the work of Robert Duronio, PhD; Daniel McKay, PhD; Greg Matera, PhD; Brian Strahl, PhD., appeared in the February 12, 2015 edition of UNC Health Care and UNC School of Medicine’s Vital Signs newsletter. Epigenetic Breakthrough: … Read more
Alumni update – Swanson, Tatomer, Klusza
Congratulations to Christina Swanson, who is now an Assistant Professor at Arcadia University, and Deirdre Tatomer, who is now a postdoctoral fellow in lab of Jeremy Wilusz at the University of Pennsylvania. Postdoc Stephen Klusza recently presented his work on … Read more
Drosophila researchers attend EMBO
Current and former UNC Drosophila researchers at the EMBO Conference in Totnes, England