Genetics And Aging Archives

The lab of Jason Stein, PhD, associate professor of genetics and member of the UNC Neuroscience Center, has created a controlled model system that could help researchers identify the context-dependent functions of genetic variants that increase one’s risk for developing a psychiatric disorder, such as schizophrenia.

UNC School of Medicine researchers Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD, professor of cell biology and physiology, and Praveen Sethupathy, PhD, a former professor of genetics and current chair of Biomedical Sciences at Cornell University, show that a molecule called miR-29 is instrumental in driving the aging process.

A new review article written by Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, the Yeargan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics, outlines the genetic foundations for schizophrenia.

Researchers in the lab of Jenny Ting, PhD, the William Kenan Distinguished Professor of Genetics and professor of microbiology and immunology, have made numerous findings about how cell death from SARS-CoV-2 infection may directly influence disease progression.

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A research study named Early Check has screened 1,000 newborns after birth in an effort to help identify rare conditions early, provide treatment, give parents educational information, and connect families with specialists throughout the state of North Carolina.

Springer recently released "Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice," edited by UNC Family Medicine's Timothy P. Daaleman, DO, MPH, and Margaret R. Helton, MD. Faculty members in the Department of Family Medicine, faculty across the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, and other national and international experts wrote the textbook.

UNC School of Medicine’s Patrick Sullivan, MD, FRANZCP, and a team of scientists in the Psychiatric Genetic Consortium have created a new manual researchers can use to learn more about the origins of human diseases with high genetic risk.

Keriayn Smith, PhD, receives $665,786 over the course of four years to research non-coding RNA in yeast, mammalian cells, and more.

Led by Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers and University of Toronto colleagues found that a rare form of a common genetic variant called tandem repeats is strongly associated with the development of schizophrenia.

Keriayn Smith, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Genetics, was selected as one of six inaugural recipients of grants from the Hypothesis Fund to advance early-stage innovative research.

At the 25th Annual Meeting of The American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy in May 2022, UNC Ophthalmology Associate Professor Matt Hirsch, PhD, was among four established gene therapy researchers across the U.S. to be honored as recipients of the ASGCT’s 2022 Outstanding New Investigator Award.

The NIH Office of Research Infrastructure Programs featured the lab of Fernando Pardo-Manuel de Villena, PhD, chair of the UNC Department of Genetics, for its crucial scientific contributions to improving research conducted with mouse models of human diseases.

Category: Genetics And Aging

Researchers Create New System to Decode Genetic Risk for Psychiatric Disorders

Small RNA Molecule Discovered to Have Role in Driving Aging

Researchers Highlight the Genetic Complexity of Schizophrenia

Study Reveals “Cell Death Cascade” in Airway Cells Infected with SARS-CoV-2

A Newborn Genetic Screening Study Reaches New Milestone

UNC Department of Family Medicine Authors Second Edition of Chronic Illness Care Textbook

Mammalian Evolution Provides Hints for Understanding the Origins of Human Disease

Smith Earns NSF Grant to Study “Dark Matter” of the Genome

Scientists Link Rare Genetic Phenomenon to Neuron Function, Schizophrenia

Smith Selected as Hypothesis Fund Seed Grant Recipient

Hirsch Among Outstanding New Investigators at ASGCT 2022 Annual Meeting

NIH Features Pardo-Manuel de Villena Lab