Carolyn Clabo, Author at Biochemistry and Biophysics

Xavier Bonner a diverse graduate student standing by a building with pilars

The Graduate School magazine highlighted Xavier Bonner a HIV researcher for Black History Month on February 27, 2023.

Our Distinguished Joint Professor Jack Griffith, PhD, and postdoc Taghreed Al-Turki, PhD, found that telomeres at the tips of chromosomes contain sufficient genetic information to produce two small proteins, one of which they found is elevated in some human cancer cells.

Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research

In 2022, we ranked 8th best in NIH funding among all Biochemistry departments in the nation, securing over $18.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and 7th among public institutions.

The UNC School of Medicine Office of Research is working to expand the number of faculty in its Faculty Collaboration Database.

While you’re shaping up your must-do checklist this term, please don’t forget a critical item: take good care of your mental health and well-being.

Use some of your long weekends by learning to be a better mental health supporter.

Dr. Saskia Neher received an R01 from the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health for $1,527,456 for her project “Lipoprotein Lipase Through the Secretory System” which is funded through November 30, 2026.

Rebound DNA sequences from the blood (red) and the CSF (blue)

This research, led by Dr. Ron Swanstrom and colleagues with international collaborators, shows that in addition to HIV’s ability to lay dormant in the blood/lymphoid system, the virus may also lay dormant in the central nervous system, delineating another challenge in creating a cure.

The cover highlights the dynamic structure of the stem-loop II (s2m) RNA hairpin terminal loop (color gradient) in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, as revealed by molecular dynamics simulations and conformational analysis. The flexible nonaloop containing a palindromic sequence and possibly being involved in the formation of s2m kissing complexes was calculated to have higher absolute entropy than the rigidly pre-organized SARS-CoV s2m (creator: Adam Kensinger).

One of the COVID studies that Dr. Lackey worked on as a co-author with the Duquesne chemistry department is on the cover of ACS Physical Chemistry Au!

Join an established interdisciplinary postdoctoral T32 fellowship program in basic & translational aspects of genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, pathophysiology & treatment of liver and gastrointestinal tract disorders. Goals are to attract Ph.D., M.D. and DVM postdocts to these fields & provide training in state-of-the-art research techniques. Fellowships are for 2 years, & are funded by NIH (NIDDK) Institutional T32 Training Grant. The deadline for applications is March 15.

Larry is currently working as an accountant with the UNC Finance and Research Support Team (FiRST). Please welcome him to our team.

Please view the YouTube video project produced and written by Gabrielle Dardis, a PhD Student in the Baldwin lab at this link Dowen Lab Profile. Spotlight on research in Jill Dowen’s lab Dr. Jill Dowen’s lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC Chapel Hill studies the spatial organization of the genome, and how …

Author Archives: Carolyn Clabo

Student Spotlight: Xavier Bonner

Scientists make stunning discovery, find new protein activity in telomeres (Jack Griffith)

We rank 8th nationally in NIH funding in 2022

Faculty: Submit Information for SOM Office of Research Database

Take Care of Your Mental Health

Ideas for the upcoming well-being days from UNC Healthy Heels

Dr. Saskia Neher received an R01 grant for $1,527,456 from NHLBI

Scientists document two separate reservoirs of latent HIV in patients

COVID studies cover art on ACS Physical Chemistry Au (Patrick Lackey, 2016 alum)

Open Basic Science T32 Postdoctoral Research Positions

Staff Spotlight: Welcome Larry Adams Accountant to our team

Spotlight on research in Jill Dowen’s lab