5 months ago
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.
5 months ago
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.
5 months ago
Shu Zhang under the direction of Dr. Henrik Dohlman successfully defended her dissertation on August 15, 2024 and received her PhD!
5 months ago
The work of Carolina’s Dr. Aziz Sancar led Ahmet Dericioglu from Istanbul to Chapel Hill, determined to make a difference.
5 months ago
For the fifth consecutive year, UNC’s research funding has eclipsed $1 billion. Carolina received $1.21 billion, money that’s expected to support research projects conducted statewide for federal agencies, industry partners and nonprofit organizations.
5 months ago
Congrats to Creativity Hubs Winners! "The Human MHC project "Revolutionizing Cancer Therapy by Total Sequencing of the MHC Peptidome" Co-PIs: Leon G. Coleman, Benjamin Vincent, Dan Dominguez, Brian Kuhlman, Albert Bowers, Krzysztof Krajewski and 4 other teams on their funding to execute their project over the next two years, for a combined total of $1.87 million.
6 months ago
Researchers in the lab of Jean Cook, PhD, chair and professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have identified the cellular processes that occur when you take a cancer drug meant to stop rapid cell growth in tumors. Brandon Mouery is the first author on this research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
6 months ago
The Jiang lab received a grant for the project titled: Histone decrotonylation uniquely regulates HIV latency from NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for $674,184.
6 months ago
Grimsley, a graduate student in the Starbird lab, is investigating genetic variations of ABCA7, a protein that has been shown to increase one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.
6 months ago
The Graduate Fellow Awards in Basic Science is an annual competitive $3,000 award for outstanding graduate students in the research programs of cancer center members who have active, peer-reviewed grant support. Congratulations to Derek...
6 months ago
On July 10 we held our inaugural Staff Retreat at the Rizzo Center. Special thanks to Latasha Mingo, MBA, Director of Finance and Administration, for organizing. Latasha and our Chair Dr. Jean Cook spoke about our departmental history, mission, plans for growth, and goals.
6 months ago
Three postdoctoral trainees in our labs earned the 2024 Joseph S. Pagano Award. Dr. Jianfeng Chen (Dr. Pengda Liu's lab), Dr. Min-Guk Cho (Dr. Gaorav Gupta's lab), and Dr. Susanna Stroik (Dr. Dale Ramsden's lab)...
