3 years ago
Carolyn M Clabo our staff member has been recognized for reaching 10 years of state service. She joined our group in 2015, bringing her communication management expertise to support Nobel Laureate Aziz Sancar, M.D., Ph.D. Carolyn took over all communications and development management in 2017.
3 years ago
Dr. Odessa Goudy successfully defended her thesis, titled “Computational design of autoinhibitory domains for a protease-activated PD-L1 inhibitor” on Friday, February 17th. As a graduate student, Odessa was an active member of Brian Kuhlman’s lab and a student leader within the Biochemistry and Biophysics department.
3 years ago
Our faculty and research assistants presented posters to welcome BBSP-admitted students and encouraged them to join us in our Biological and Biomedical Sciences Program at UNC Chapel Hill.
3 years ago
The 2023 recipients of the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients included Cathy Spangler recent graduate of the Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD program. Read about all the 2023 recipients here.
3 years ago
For this Women’s History Month, we would like to honor Mary Ellen Jones, PhD. You may recognize her name from the building that sits on the edge of the UNC Medical Center campus, but Jones is recognized for so much more.
3 years ago
UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics department celebrated Pi Day on March 14, 2023. Our event was well attended. Thank you to the BCBP social committee for this fun event.
3 years ago
Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty gathered to compete in Trivia at Linda's Bar and Grill during our third happy hour of the school year.
3 years ago
Scientists understand that about four billion years ago the basic molecules of biological life on Earth arose from a primordial soup of chemicals. But how did this process occur? Questions remain unanswered about exactly how the chaos of chemicals became ordered biology.
3 years ago
The growing field of epigenetics holds the promise of future treatments for those facing cancer and rare diseases. Yet at the University, it’s not just the breakthrough potential of the field itself that’s exciting. It’s also how researchers from different departments are teaming up to push the science further and faster than they could do alone.
3 years ago
Scientists at the lab of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz Sancar MD PhD have made the surprising discovery that a molecule called EdU, which is commonly used in laboratory experiments to label DNA, is in fact recognized by human cells as DNA damage, triggering a runaway process of DNA repair that is eventually fatal to affected cells, including cancer cells. This is worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.
3 years ago
Sharon Campbell, PhD, Gary F. Liebscer Distinguished Professor receives award for outstanding mentorship!
3 years ago
Gary Pielak receives a Johnston Teaching Award! Read about the 2023 Chapman and Johnson teaching award winners who share thoughtful reflection on the teachers who inspired them to be better instructors.