July 2024 – Rachel DuMez-Kornegay’s research on the probiotics found in kombucha is highlighted by UNC endeavors, read it here!
July 2024 – Meris McElveen presents her work as part of the UNC SMART program
June 2024 – Sarah Torzone wins the best trainee talk award at the 2024 C. elegans MAPSS meeting
June 2024 – Kylie VanDerMolen wins a best poster award at the 2024 C. elegans MAPSS meeting
June 2024 – Lab members attend the 2024 C. elegans MAPSS meeting in Madison, WI
June 2024 – Peter Breen’s paper is published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, read it here.
May 2024 – Monica Macharios and Kendra Honey awarded a UNC SURF fellowship
May 2024 – Yasmine Ackall awarded a SURE fellowship at Emory University
May 2024 – Lilly Baker awarded a Summer Research Internship at the University of Virginia
April 2024 – Lilly Baker, Yasmine Ackall, and Monica Macharios present posters at the UNC Celebration of Undergraduate Research Symposium
March 2024 – Rachel DuMez-Kornegay’s paper is published in PLoS Genetics, read it here.
December 2023 – Kendra Honey’s paper is published in microPublication Biology, read it here.
November 2023 – Kylie VanDerMolen passes her oral exam and is a PhD candidate!
September 2023 – Sarah Torzone’s paper is published in PLoS Biology, read it here.
July 2023 – Rachel DuMez-Kornegay 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.