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Tar Heal Tuesday is on December 2, 2025!
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Author Archives: Carolyn Clabo
3 months ago
Dalia Fleifel PhD Earns Award for Best Basic Science Talk at Lineberger Trainee Day
Dalia Fleifel PhD, postdoctoral fellow in the Cook lab, was awarded the Oral Presentation Award for Basic Science at the Lineberger Trainee Research Day for her presentation entitled "MYC Breaks the Brakes: Reprogramming DNA replication origin Licensing in G1 phase"
3 months ago
BCBP Team Awarded Multi-PI R01 Grant from NIA to Advance Aging Research
We’re thrilled to announce that our team has been awarded a Multi-PI R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for the project titled: “Epigenetic Regulation of Nuclear cGAS Activity in Aging-Related Inflammation.” This is a multi-PI initiative led by Qi Zhang and Pengda Liu, with key contributions from co-investigators Brian Strahl and Rob McGinty.
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Join Our Community—Support the Next Generation of Scientific Leaders
We invite prospective students to discover the wide-ranging educational opportunities and supportive networks within our department. Our commitment to fostering innovative research and leadership extends to multiple pathways, including our PhD, certificate, and master’s programs.
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A flexible, allosteric loop regulates protein activity and rewires electrostatics
Congratulations to Darex Vera Rodriquez, PhD, from the Lee lab, who earned his degree on September 15, 2025. A major part of his dissertation was recently published in The Protein Society journal as “A flexible, allosteric loop regulates protein activity and rewires electrostatics.” Read more...
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Researchers in our labs Unlock New Way to Help Fight Skin Cancer
Researchers found that inhibiting a problematic protein in the body helps immunotherapies and CAR T-cell therapy to better fight off melanoma.
3 months ago
Riya Gohil makes it to Three Minute Thesis finals
Riya Gohil a graduate student in Jill Dowen's lab presented at the 3MT finals on October 21, 2025 during UNC Research Week. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition where graduate students have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. She was one of the ten outstanding graduate students selected to compete in the 2025 3MT Finals.
4 months ago
Drs. Lee and Bergmeier contributed to an eBook on Platelet Physiology
Drs. Lee and Bergmeier contributed to an eBook on Platelet Physiology I (Springer Nature) – now available in stores. The chapter was co-authored by Dr. Lucia Stefanini, a former Bergmeier lab member and colleague at UNC.
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Popov lab is pioneering the use of AI to design new drug compounds for diseases like tuberculosis and cancer
Dr. Konstantin Popov’s lab is pioneering the use of artificial intelligence to design new drug compounds for diseases like tuberculosis and cancer. By combining AI modeling with hands-on chemistry and biology, Popov’s team has created powerful, biologically feasible molecules...
4 months ago
Clint Stalnecker was named a Forbeck Scholar
Clint Stalnecker, Assistant Professor, was named a Forbeck Scholar by the William Guy Forbeck Research Foundation on October 17, 2025, and will attend the May 3-6, 2026, meeting on “Causes and Consequences of Cellular Plasticity in Cancer” in Princeton, NJ. He joins our faculty in the Fall, and his laboratory is located within Lineberger.
4 months ago
Fall Social Brings Pumpkin Painting and Builds Community
The Biochemistry and Biophysics community came together for a festive Fall Social hosted by the graduate student-led BCBP Social Committee, transforming the GMB Lawn into a cozy celebration of the season. 🌿 Trainees, rotation students, staff, and faculty stepped out of their labs to enjoy fresh air, fall-themed snacks, and the chance to paint their own …
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2025 Retreat Highlights
Our 2025 Research Retreat was held on October 16, 2025 in MBRB (G-202 and 2nd floor lobby) which included a full day of talks, posters, networking, and socializing! It was an inspiring day - with a 2025 retreat motto of "Shared Science, Shared Purpose."