1 year ago
Researchers in the laboratories of Frank L. Conlon, PhD, professor of biology and genetics, and Bill Marzluff, PhD, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have recently made a large stride in the field, uncovering one of the molecular reasons behind sex disparities in heart disease. Raad about the connections to the recent Nobel Prize.
1 year ago
Dr. Chris Travis has joined our department as the new Assistant Director of the Mac-In-Fac Core facility, where he assists with instrument scheduling, new user training, and teaching the BIOC 662 course.
1 year ago
Alejandro Lopezi under the direction of Dr. Leslie Morrow successfully defended his dissertation on January 31, 2025 and received his PhD! Program: Biochemistry and Biophysics The title of his dissertation was “Novel Inhibitory Sites of [3α,5α]3-hydroxypregnan-20-one on Toll-like Receptor 4 Neuroimmune Signaling”
1 year ago
In a new study led by graduate student Ike Emerson in the laboratories of Frank L. Conlon, PhD, professor of biology and genetics, and Bill Marzluff, PhD have recently made a large stride in the field, uncovering one of the molecular reasons behind sex disparities in heart disease.
1 year ago
Dr. Starbird was recently selected to join the 2025 class of Keystone Fellows and appointed to the editorial advisory boards. Also her NIGMS-funded work was highlighted in the Biomedical Beat blog "Understanding Signaling Through Cell Membranes..."
1 year 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...
1 year ago
Amanda Chang was a former staff member in our department. Read more about her interests and career journey at UNC. UNC Research’s “Rooted: Amanda Chang – UNC Research“
1 year 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.
1 year ago
UNC News: This single mom is a renowned scientist. By Kendall Daniels Rovinsky, UNC School of Medicine, Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
1 year ago
Dalia Fleifel is the recipient of the Diane Harris Leadership Award in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department for exemplary leadership.
1 year 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 spoke and then Dr. Silvia Ramos announced awards...
1 year ago
Dr. Brian Kuhlman, along with his trainees Nick Randolph and Amrita Nallathambi, traveled to Sweden to attend the 2024 Nobel Week. They participated in various activities organized by Rosetta Commons in celebration of Dr. David Baker receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for computational protein design.”