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Dr. LaBella awarded NIH Grant
Dr. LaBella was recently awarded the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA R35) from the National Institute of General Medical...
Oct 7, 2024


BIOINFORMATICS PROFESSOR DISCOVERS SURPRISING EVOLUTIONARY PATTERN IN LANDMARK YEAST STUDY
UNC Charlotte recently featured our research on their website. https://inside.charlotte.edu/news-features/2024-04-26/bioinformatics-profe...
Jun 18, 2024


1,154 Yeast Genomes!
New work characterizes the genomes and evolution of 1,154 yeasts
May 3, 2024


New faces & farewell to graduates
This semester the LaBella lab says farewell to Colin Speer! Colin spent a little over a year in the lab while obtaining his Master's in...
May 3, 2024


Evolutionary Forces at Play for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
A research blog by Colin Speer Did you know that certain cancer-associated genetic mutations might have once provided us with an...
Aug 21, 2023


From Jane to Baine
In 1822 Jane Wright Earl was born in England. She subsequently moved to Utah where she had 13 children and was eventually the grandmother...
Mar 27, 2023


Catching up on LaB(ella) publications
The past few months have seen multiple publications from the LaBella lab members. Check them out below! Mitochondria of Aspergillus ->...
Nov 22, 2022


What is synteny anyway??
Wikipedia says that "Synteny is a neologism meaning "on the same ribbon". It's a term in genetics that refers to the level of similarity...
Nov 9, 2022


The Lab LaBella has arrived!
I am incredibly excited to start my lab here at UNC-Charlotte. The city, university, and my colleagues have been so welcoming! And... we...
Sep 23, 2022
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