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The department is pleased to welcome Jimmy Pratas, a new student in the Biochemistry program joining the Tigist Tamir lab. Originally from New Jersey, Pratas completed his undergraduate studies at Penn State in 2020. He later worked as a research technician at Princeton before relocating to North Carolina.
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Garrett grew up in Chapel Hill, NC. Research is exciting to him because he is always learning something new. After working as a research technician in our department, he came to appreciate the collaborative environment and found the research especially interesting.
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Maria is from Camden, New Jersey. Research gives her a platform to learn and make mistakes with guidance. She enjoys learning and being able to translate what she has learned to a broad audience, and research is all about being able to communicate the importance of her work at various levels.
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Rohan Shah is from Columbia, MD, and spent his whole life there before moving to Chapel Hill for his PhD last fall. He chose to pursue PhD research because he values the freedom academia provides to follow his interests and structure his research around what matters most to him.
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Sydney is a new student at UNC who is originally from Hebron, Connecticut, and spent the past six years in Boston for college and work before coming to Chapel Hill. She completed her undergraduate degree at Brandeis University, where she conducted research in the Goode Lab on actin-septin cytoskeletal remodeling.
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Please welcome Ivy to the department and to the Baker lab. Ivy grew up in Chesterfield, Missouri, holds a degree in biochemistry from Creighton University, and relocated to North Carolina. Ivy has canoed and biked across Missouri multiple times.
2 days ago
Connor Schneps, PhD, is passionate about structural biology and physical biochemistry, and he is particularly interested in applying these approaches to drug discovery efforts aimed at treating malignancies, including cancer.
7 days ago
Cole successfully defended her thesis entitled “Sequence and structure of protein binding sites in RNA impact biomolecular condensates” and earned her PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics on Tuesday, May 5th. Sierra Cole is a student of Dr. Amy Gladfelter in the Department of Biology at UNC.
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Our research labs and principal investigators are prominently featured in the Spring 2026, vol. 21, issue 2, of Carolina Scientific, continuing a strong record of successful research amplification this academic year. Special thanks to our communications team and to the undergraduate science writers.
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Researchers at the UNC School of Medicine are using artificial intelligence to design proteins with potential applications in vaccines and therapeutics. Brian Kuhlman, PhD, and his laboratory were featured in the video “How the UNC School of Medicine Is Putting AI to Work in the Lab,” highlighted on the UNC School of Medicine homepage in …
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Matthew Vander Ploeg successfully defended his thesis entitled “Integrin signaling and platelet migration: mechanistic insights and pathophysiological relevance” and earned his PhD on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Matthew Vander Ploeg is a graduate student in the Bergmeier lab.
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The 28th Annual Graduate Student Recognition Celebration by the UNC Graduate School will acknowledge Biochemistry and Biophysics external award winners Emily “Gracie” Clark, Dillon Sloan, and Matt Vender Ploeg and will include a poster from Humeyra Kaanoglu.