July 2023 – Rachel DuMez is appointed to an NIH F31 Training Grant

November 2, 2023

May 2023 – Rachel DuMez and Kylie VanDerMolen participate in NC DNA Day

November 2, 2023

Rachel DuMez and Kylie VanDerMolen go to Lenoir County Early College High School to teach about the use of DNA in Forensic Science for NC DNA Day

April 2023 – Melisa Cecilio Sosa and Kendra Honey present posters at the UNC Biology 395 Undergraduate Research Poster Symposium

November 2, 2023

April 2023 – Lab participates in the UNC Science Expo

November 2, 2023

The lab participates in the annual UNC Science Expo for the second year in a row, sharing with the local community about model organisms and use of fluorescence in science

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

November 2, 2023

February 2023 – Rachel DuMez publishes a science communication piece in Frontiers for Young Minds

November 2, 2023

Find Rachel’s piece here

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

November 2, 2023

September 2022 – Rachel DuMez wins Most Outstanding Talk at the UNC Genetics Departmental Retreat

November 2, 2023

Summer 2022 – Rachel DuMez and Laura Huff host two UNC WinSPIRE high-school students for a six week summer internship in the lab.

November 2, 2023

July 2022 – Sarah Torzone and Rachel DuMez present posters at the Metabolism, Aging, Pathogenesis, and Stress in C. elegans conference in Madison, WI

November 2, 2023

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