December 2023 – Kendra Honey’s paper is published in microPublication Biology
November 2023 – Kylie VanDerMolen passes her oral exam and is a PhD candidate!
September 2023 – Sarah Torzone’s paper is published in PLOS Biology
July 2023 – Rachel DuMez is appointed to an NIH NCCIH F31 Training Grant, read more here!
April 2023 – Melisa Cecilio Sosa and Kendra Honey present posters at the UNC Biology 395 Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium
April 2023 – Sarah Torzone is awarded Highest Honors and the Brantley Award for excellence in research in molecular, cell, and developmental biology for her senior honors thesis
October 2022 – Rachel DuMez is a top-ten graduate student finalist and wins People’s Choice Award in the 3-Minute Thesis competition hosted by the UNC Graduate School
September 2022 – Rachel DuMez wins Most Outstanding Talk at the UNC Genetics Departmental Retreat
July 2022 – Sarah Torzone and Rachel DuMez present posters at the Metabolism, Aging, Pathogenesis, and Stress in C. elegans conference in Madison, WI
June 2022 – Sarah Torzone gives a talk at the Society for Developmental Biology Regional Meeting
June 2022 – Kylie VanDerMolen is appointed to the NIGMS T32 Genetics Training Grant
April 2022 – David Cully, Sarah Torzone, and Kendra Honey present their work at the Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium
April 2022 – Sarah Torzone is awarded a UNC SURF award
April 2022 – Kendall Kanakanui is awarded a NSF-GRFP
April 2022 – BBSP student Kylie VanDerMolen joins the Dowen Lab and the Genetics and Molecular Biology Curriculum.