1 year ago
Congrats to Sarah E. Harris who earned her PhD!
Sarah E. Harris under the direction of Dr. Daniel Dominguez successfully defended her dissertation on September 16, 2024, and received her PhD!
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1 year ago
Mental Health Resources for students, postdocs, faculty and staff
Learn about campus resources and how Tar Heels are using outreach and research to prioritize on campus and beyond.
2 years ago
Liu Lab spotlight: recent publications and new grant
The Liu lab consists of a group of young scientists with passion for biomedical research. The goal of Liu lab is to better understand deregulated signaling events in cancer to search for new drug targets and develop new treatment modalities. One focus of the Liu lab is on the ubiquitin/kinase signaling to define cancer type …
2 years ago
Congratulations Abby Kordeliski on getting the cover art in Blood (Bergmeier lab)
Graduate student Abby Kordeliski has had the final version of her paper “4D intravital imaging studies identify platelets as the predominant cellular procoagulant surface in a mouse hemostasis model” published in Blood along with the cover image. Abby works in the Wolfgang Bergmeier laboratory in Mary Ellen Jones Building, Congratulations Abby!
2 years ago
Your 2024-2025 BCBP Postdoc leaders
In April 2024 we announced the leadership for the postdoc committee: Ajit Prakash PhD is serving as the chair and Logan Slade PhD is serving as vice chair. In November 2024, Logan Slade PhD will serve as Chair and will seek a vice chair. read more
2 years ago
Postdocs and Students can connect through CAPS therapy groups
Counseling and Psychological Services team offers 24 options to help Tar Heels talk through specific issues.
2 years ago
Strahl promoted to SOM Associate Dean for Basic Research
Brian Strahl, PhD, was promoted to Associate Dean for Basic Research for UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine on September 1, 2024. He reports to the Vice Dean for Research, Blossom Damania, PhD, and focuses on overseeing the infrastructure, communication and development necessary to bolster the growing research enterprise of the SOM. He has been …
2 years ago
Meet your 2024-2025 BCBP Student leaders
GPSG Senators are Britney Alcira and Amrita Nallathambi. BCBP Social Chairs are Jake Hughes, Amrita Nallathambi, Gisselle Prida Ajo, Camila (Maria) Arango, and Emily "Gracie" Clark. MCBP Student Leaders are Jake Hughes and Jamie Do.
2 years ago
UNC School of Medicine Names 2023-24 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD, Benjamin Vincent, MD, and Pengda Liu, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award. Please join us in celebrating the new class of Yang Scholars at a seminar and reception on August 27 at 9:30 AM in 1131 Bioinformatics Building. Coffee and refreshments will also be available at 9:00 AM.
2 years ago
Sharon Campbell and Jean Cook were awarded Tier 2 Lineberger developmental research grants
Congratulations to our faculty. Their proposals were chosen for Tier 2 Stimulus Awards, which provide up to two years and $200,000 each in total support. The development award program is funded by the University Cancer Research Fund, the National Cancer Institute cancer center support grant and other sources. The recipients were drawn from a pool of 47 applicants.
2 years ago
Grant news: T32 Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Training Grant was renewed
Grant news: We have a T32 Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Training Grant. The PI listed on the grant is Dr. Brian Kuhlman. Special thanks to Holly Shepherd for all her work on the grant application.
2 years ago
“You Can Be Both,” A Single Mom’s Journey to Becoming a Renowned Telomere Scientist (Griffith lab)
Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki, PhD, a postdoc in the lab of Jack Griffith, PhD, describes her long, difficult, and rewarding journey of becoming a telomere scientist as a first-time mother. View video and read more about her research.