Studying host pathogen interactions at the genetic interface at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Shared laboratory account. #HeiseLab

Joined August 2019
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Congratulations to GMB student @MartaCristiCruz, from the @Heise_Lab, on being awarded the Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program grant from @BWFUND!
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So excited to announce that I have been awarded an #NIA F99/K00 pre-doc to post-doc transition award!! I could not have done this without the mentorship of the dynamic duo, @MTFerris and @Heise_Lab, and everyone that supported my application.
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11 Apr 2021
Congrats to @bkhamp on the lab’s first #preprint and her first first-author paper!
So excited to finally share my pre-print from my project on genetic regulation of immune homeostasis in the lungs using the Collaborative Cross mouse population! (1/5) @Heise_Lab @MTFerris @Baric_Lab biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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8 Apr 2021
The lab is excited to welcome @JckSears as it’s newest member! Jack will be co-mentored between the Heise and the Moorman labs. He’s done some great work with @JennyLoome during his rotation and will continue looking at alphavirus specific host/pathogen interactions.
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22 Mar 2021
New pub alert! @_leadams, co-mentored by the Heise lab and @Baric_Lab published her first first-author paper! mbio.asm.org/content/12/2/e0…

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23 Feb 2021
What a great morning! Our nominees for February Mentor(s) of the Month are in! cc: @JennyLoome (someone tag Lacey!)
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21 Dec 2020
It’s been a long semester for many but at the end the Heise lab has TWO new PhD candidates!!! Congrats to @JennyLoome and @MartaCristiCruz (comentored with @MTFerris) on passing their oral examinations and receiving candidacy!

ALT Leslie Knope from Parks and Rec dancing out of excitement.

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2 Dec 2020
Have you seen the latest publication out of the Heise lab yet?
#JVirology SPOTLIGHT from the Heise lab! RNA secondary structure model of the full-length genomic RNA of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) bit.ly/33ydfQ6
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We collaborated with the @Baric_Lab to link pre-infection, baseline T cell phenotypes with SARS-CoV virologic and clinical outcomes using genetically diverse mice from the Collaborative Cross - check out our pre-print: biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
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27 Aug 2020
Have you heard about UNC’s newest professional society? We are so excited and proud of @bkhamp’s contribution to making this organization a reality. You should definitely give the org and it’s stellar exec team a follow! #SBBS
Welcome to the Society for Black Biomedical Scientists.
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6 Jul 2020
Congratulations to @JennyLoome on passing her written qualifying exam! Jenny is an @NSFGRFP recipient and will be starting her 3rd year of grad school this August.

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17 Jun 2020
Congratulations to @MartaCristiCruz on her reappointment to the UNC Genetics Training Grant! Marta is co-mentored by @MTFerris and starts her 3rd year of grad school this August. She is one of 7 students in GMB reappointed this year.

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28 Apr 2020
Check out the latest publication from the lab! Congrats to Kelsey and all the others involved! cell.com/cell-reports/fullte…

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24 Apr 2020
Welcome to the newest @Heise_Lab and @Baric_Lab member, @ladams019! She will be co-mentored by Mark and Ralph. Her thesis project will be on coronavirus genetics and pathogenesis. She’s already been hard at work tackling #SARSCoV2!
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23 Apr 2020
If you were wondering what READDI is, check out the latest #TWiV episode to hear Mark, Ralph, and Nat discuss it! @Baric_Lab
23 Apr 2020
Ralph Baric, Mark Heise and Nat Moorman join #TWiV to discuss their non-profit initiative READDI, Rapidly Emerging Antiviral Drug Discovery Initiative, to start making drugs now for the next #pandemic virus bit.ly/3avotFF #COVID19 #SARS_CoV2
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Congrats to @Baric_Lab Mark Heise and Nat Moorman on this very exciting $125M @UNCResearch initiative to develop antiviral drugs to safeguard against future pandemics! #SARSCoV2 #COVIDー19 pharmacy.unc.edu/2020/04/ope…

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9 Apr 2020
Congratulations to @_emadden who was awarded a Dissertation Completion Fellowship by @UNC_GradSchool! She was also named to the Royster Society of Fellows, which recognizes exceptionally talented students with outstanding academic and professional experience and achievement!
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9 Apr 2020
UNC announced their partnership in READDI today. Congrats to lab leader Mark Heise, and our collaborators, Ralph Baric and Nat Moorman, for their involvement in making this partnership happen! @Baric_Lab @UNC_SOM readdi.org/f/open-science-dr…

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