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Carolina researchers awarded $1 million from CZI to fight necrotizing enterocolitis |  Writing

Carolina researchers awarded $1 million from CZI to fight necrotizing enterocolitis | Writing

Principal investigators Misty Good, MD, MS, and Scott Magness, PhD, at UNC School of Medicine, and Jennifer Canvasser, MSW, NEC Society will lead a $1 million Chan Zuckerberg Initiative-funded project to map cellular roles in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). Misty Good, MD, and Scott Magness, PhD CHAPEL HILL, NC – The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced …

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Scientists Link Rare Genetic Phenomenon to Neural Function, Schizophrenia |  Writing

Scientists Link Rare Genetic Phenomenon to Neural Function, Schizophrenia | Writing

Led by Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD, researchers at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues at the University of Toronto have found that a rare form of a common genetic variant called tandem repeats is strongly associated to the development of schizophrenia. Jin Szatkiewicz, PhD CHAPEL HILL, NC – In our cells, the language of DNA …

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SOM Announces Second Round of DEI Mini-Grant Winners |  Writing

SOM Announces Second Round of DEI Mini-Grant Winners | Writing

The SOM Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion has announced the first set of DEI Mini-Grant winners during the 2022 pilot year of the awards program. The UNC School of Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion has announced the first round of DEI Mini-Grant winners in the awards program’s 2022 pilot year. Awards range …

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Smith Selected as Assumption Fund Seed Grant Recipient |  Writing

Smith Selected as Assumption Fund Seed Grant Recipient | Writing

Keriayn Smith, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics, has been selected as one of the first six recipients of Hypothesis Fund grants to advance innovative early-stage research. Keriayn Smith, PhD Keriayn Smith, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Genetics in the UNC School of Medicine, was selected from six scientists …

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