3 hours ago
The Starbird lab attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology that took place December 14-18, 2024, where lab members presented their work. Dr. Starbird presented research at 2 sessions, sitting on 2 panels, and completing activities associated with the MAC Committee.
3 weeks ago
Associate Professor Ogün Adebali was awarded the TÜBİTAK Incentive Award for his internationally distinguished work in developing bioinformatics tools that enable the examination of DNA damage responses across various organisms.
3 weeks ago
Dalia Fleifel is the recipient of the Diane Harris Leadership Award in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department for exemplary leadership.
3 weeks ago
We held our annual end-of-year holiday party at the Kenan Conference Center. Latasha Mingo MBA introduced our chair, Jean Cook PhD, who shared our growth and successes over the past year. Qi Zhang PhD announced our monthly themes for our upcoming Inclusive Gatherings for 2025. Dr. Silvia Ramos announced awards...
4 weeks ago
Tigist Tamir, PhD has joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, effective December 16, 2024. Her research focuses on Cell signaling mediated regulation of metabolism and oxidative stress response in obesity and cancer. She will be accepting rotation students in Spring 2025.
4 weeks ago
Postdoctoral fellow in Bergmeier lab, Alexei Martyanov PhD, Receives a Prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from American Heart Association (AHA).
4 weeks ago
UNC-Chapel Hill has grown research activity by $190M, pushing the University into the top 10 research institutions in the U.S. by volume and annual expenditures. $1.55 billion in annual research activity (up from $1.36 billion)
1 month ago
A research team in the Departments of Biology, Biochemistry, and Genetics, has identified a key focal point in the biological processes that control cell identity and can lead to disease when mutated. (Congrats to Venkat R. Chirasani, Krzysztof Krajewski, Brian D. Strahl, Jill M. Dowen, and all authors). Publication in Genes and Development, "Evidence for dual roles of histone H3 lysine 4 in antagonizing Polycomb group function and promoting target gene expression."
2 months ago
Research (by Xian Chen and Ling Xie and all authors) has unveiled a crucial role for a protein called PDAP1 in hepatitis A virus infection of the liver. Details of the new discovery were published in Science Advances.
2 months ago
The biochemistry and biophysics department's postdoc committee Introduces new Chair Logan Slade PhD of Cook lab.
2 months ago
Robert H. Lee PhD Research Assistant Professor won Best Oral Presentation award at the 19th International Symposium on Blood Substitutes for his talk entitled “Interpretation of platelet signaling defects in Thromboelastography” This conference was held November 14-18, 2024 at the Gaylord National Harbor, a spectacular venue on the Potomac river immediately adjacent to Washington, DC, with views of the Washington Monument.
2 months ago
Congratulations to Kanishk Jain on his new Assistant Professor position with the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
