Several exciting Director of Strategic Partner positions open @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Innovate Carolina 1. Technology/AI: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/321... 2. Medical/Pharma: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/321... 3. Finance/insurance/investment: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/321...

It has been a pleasure and an honor for the @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Institute for Convergent Science, a unit of Innovate Carolina, to work with Toni and Taylor on developing this technology which has such huge potential for positive human impact. innovate.unc.edu/new-linked-c...

New ‘Linked’ Chlamydia Vaccine on the Cusp of a Breakthrough | Innovate Carolina

Whenever Toni Darville, MD gives a presentation about one particular topic, she expects bewildered expressions on people’s faces. It’s not what she discusses that stirs confusion, but rather why someo...

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We've wrapped the 2026 version of our #Meiosis, Recombination & the Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social & wanted to again thank our guest scientist: Steve Perlman Kent Golic Jeremy Searle Patrick Ferree @katiebillmyre.bsky.social Jennifer Gerton For sharing their awesome work with us.

Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evo of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking w/ Jennifer Gerton from @stowersinstitute.bsky.social about her super cool @nature.com paper on #Robertsonian chromosomes + unpublished work! doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evo of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social had a great talk w/ @katiebillmyre.bsky.social from @universityofga.bsky.social about her 2019 PNAS paper on SC and recombination + cool unpublished work doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

The Institute for Convergent Science (ICS) @uncchapelhill.bsky.social is excited to see Theo Dingemans, @roy-chaudhury.bsky.social and Orlando Coronell’s kidney dialysis GENESIS project. ICS and the GENESIS team are thankful to support from the NC Collaboratory. innovate.unc.edu/a-smartphone...

A Smartphone Moment for Kidney Dialysis | Innovate Carolina

An expert in the molecules used to develop advanced materials for aerospace, energy, and water purification, Theo Dingemans jokingly says that he “speaks polymer.” Yet some of the most memorable conve...

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@uncchapelhill.bsky.social reached a cool milestone w/ 200 IP-based startups. It's exciting to see the work of brilliant innovators having a public impact. Innovate Carolina does an great job creating a path from basic research, through translational work to startup. www.unc.edu/posts/2026/0...

Carolina reaches 200 IP-based startup milestone | UNC-Chapel Hill

The milestone places UNC-Chapel Hill in an elite tier among U.S. research universities.

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Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social geeked out about #BChromosomes w/ Patrick Ferree from @scrippscollege.bsky.social about his @plosbiology.org paper on female meiotic drag in Nasonia: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Beautiful crisp day in North Carolina. A great day to vote.

Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social , Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking to Jeremy Searle from Cornell about his review on #Robertsonian translocations doi.org/10.1159/0005... & exciting unpublished work! Amazing cytogenetics.

Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social had a great chat w/ Kent Golic @uofubiology.bsky.social about his lab's #GENETICS paper on #Drosophila ring chromosomes: doi.org/10.1093/gene...

Our @jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social had a great talk w/ Steve Perlman from U of Victoria @uvic.ca about his lab’s @pnas.org paper on male and female X chromosome drive in D. testacea doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

Exciting neuroscience and bioelectronics engineering by Wubin Bai and @steinlab.bsky.social working with #UNC Institute for Convergent Science. Their technology may open new doors for psychiatric and neuro treatments. innovate.unc.edu/cracking-the...

Cracking the Brain’s Code: New Sensor Wraps the Human Mind in 3D Insight | Innovate Carolina

Peek inside a laboratory at the UNC Neuroscience Center and you might spot what looks like a collection of tiny white beads spinning in a container of red-tinted liquid. No larger than small peas or p...

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Just a reminder that the application deadline for the @uncbiology.bsky.social tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology position closes in a week (Nov 17). Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

Beautiful day for some @uncchapelhill.bsky.social football.

Excited that the “Supercharging Energy Storage Innovations in North Carolina” report is live. Created by UNC’s Institute for Convergent Science, @unc-chemistry.bsky.social & UNC ECON, & funded by the NC Collaboratory it showcases NC as a leader in energy storage. innovate.unc.edu/new-report-n...

New report: North Carolina’s growing energy needs and why energy storage matters now more than ever | Innovate Carolina

A new report highlights the urgent need for investment in energy storage to support North Carolina’s rapidly changing energy landscape. As the state faces growing electricity demand from population gr...

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The @uncchapelhill.bsky.social Department of Biology is searching for tenure-track Assistant Professor in Plant Molecular Biology. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place and Biology is an amazing group of people. To apply, see: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...

The Dept of Mathematics @uncchapelhill.bsky.social is searching for 2 Teaching Assist./Assoc. Prof positions. Chapel Hill is a wonderful place & the Math Dept is a vibrant community. Job ads at UNC or @amermathsoc.bsky.social. unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307... www.mathjobs.org/jobs/list/27...

It’s humbling to see my father’s latest @harvardpress.bsky.social book in the @lrb.co.uk London Review of Books. Despite my best efforts, he always stays a step or two ahead of me in scholarly productivity and quality 😊. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Erin Maglaque · Thishereness: Pico in Purgatory

Pico’s Oration contravenes the very idea of human possibility that we think the Renaissance is about – yet we think...

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I’m happy, particularly for lead student author Wanyue (Diane) Yu, to see our collaborative review on plant cross-over patterning in #meiosis published in @biochemsoc.bsky.social Transactions. doi.org/10.1042/BST2...

Innovate Carolina at UNC Chapel Hill is hiring a PhD level Commercialization Fellow. The fellow will help @uncchapelhill.bsky.social researchers conceptualize & commercialize novel technologies. The Innovate Carolina team is fabulous - check out the job posting: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/301...

I'm psyched to see our latest collaborative paper come out in @theplantcell.bsky.social in which we show that Aurora 1 kinase is an APC/C substrate that mediates spindle assembly and chromosome segregation in #Meiosis: doi.org/10.1093/plce...

ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX/CYCLOSOME coactivators maintain AURORA1 kinase homeostasis during meiotic chromosome segregation

The ANAPHASE-PROMOTING COMPLEX/CYCLOSOME coactivators CDC20.1 and CCS52s play distinct roles in maintaining AURORA1 kinase homeostasis during meiotic chrom

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@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social Corbin Jones, & I give huge thanks to Frank McNally, Christoph Haag, Andy Kern, Bengt Hansson, @takashiakeralab.bsky.social & @scienceleah.bsky.social for being guests in our #Meiosis, Recombination, & Evolution of Sex class at UNC. A pic from our final session w/ students

Huge congratulations to my @uncchapelhill.bsky.social colleague Bob Goldstein for being elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Bob is a brilliant developmental biologist who works on #Celegans, & on tardigrades (water bears). As if that's not enough, he's an amazing artist too!

Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking w/ @scienceleah.bsky.social about her lab's @plos.org Genetics paper on a unique chromosome segregation mechanism in holocentric moths. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking w/ @takashiakeralab.bsky.social about his lab's @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social on meiotic cohesin errors & sterility in hybrid mice. doi.org/10.1101/2025...

Woo-hoo! My friend and colleague, Jeff Dangl, together with Jonathan Jones & Brian Staskawicz have been awarded the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture. Amazing recognition of even more amazing science: college.unc.edu/2025/03/wolf...

Carolina biologist wins Wolf Prize in Agriculture - College of Arts and Sciences

Jeffery L. Dangl, a biologist at UNC-Chapel Hill, was part of an award-winning trio of researchers who received the 2025 Wolf Prize in Agriculture “for groundbreaking discoveries of the immune system ...

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Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social, Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking w/ Bengt Hansson from @lund-university.bsky.social about his lab's #G3journal paper on bird male-biased CO patterning + new work: doi.org/10.1093/g3jo...

Hard copies of my father’s latest book arrived. Champagne tonight! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Our (@jeffsekelsky.bsky.social , Corbin Jones, & me) #Meiosis, Recombination & Evolution of Sex class @uncchapelhill.bsky.social loved talking with Any Kern @uoregon.bsky.social about his lab’s @currentbiology.bsky.social paper on octopus ZZ, ZO sex chromosome system: www.cell.com/current-biol...