5 years ago
Graduate Student Minh Huynh receives his PhD!
Congratulations to Minh Huynh who received his Ph.D. on June 23, 2021. Disseration Title: “Biochemical and functional characterization of oncogenic kras mutants.” PhD Advisor: Sharon Campbell
Author Archives: Carolyn Clabo
5 years ago
Scientists uncover new mechanism that enables development of cancer
Greg Wang and a collaborative team of researchers have uncovered a new mechanism that activates specific genes, leading to the development of cancers. This research was led by postdoc Jeong Hyun Ahn PhD from Greg Wang’s lab.
5 years ago
Scientists Demonstrate Promising New Approach for Treating Cystic Fibrosis (Silvia Kreda, PhD)
Researchers Silvia Kreda, PhD, and Rudolph Juliano, PhD, created an improved oligonucleotide therapy strategy with the potential for treating other pulmonary diseases, such as COPD and asthma. Their research was published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.
5 years ago
Congratulations Juan Carvajal Garcia PhD on your Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science!
Congratulations Juan Carvajal Garcia PhD on your Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science by UNC Lineberger! The Lineberger Graduate Award recognizes the Cancer Center’s top PhD students for not only their superb research studies but also for service to the University of North Carolina as well as outreach to the local community. Juan Carvajal Garcia’s …
5 years ago
Benjamin Roberts Awarded the 13th Annual “Diane Harris Leadership Award”
Ben Roberts in Neher lab has been awarded the 2021 Diane Harris Leadership Award for exemplary public service.
5 years ago
Researchers discover gene linked to bone cancer in children, identify potential novel therapy
Pengda Liu, PhD, and colleagues have discovered a gene, OTUD7A, that impacts the development of Ewing sarcoma, a bonecancer that occurs mainly in children, as well as a compound that shows potential to block OTUD7A protein activity.
5 years ago
We welcomed our second year students with a Summer Social at Luna’s!
On May 28, 2021 our second year incoming students were welcomed to an social outing with empanadas at Luna’s Rotisserie in Carrboro.
5 years ago
Pengda Liu interviewed on TV for repurposing cancer treatment for COVID-19
Please click on the link to view the video segment and read the full story by Nexstar Media Inc. Read more about this research "Liu and Jiang Labs...
5 years ago
Liu and Jiang Labs report ACE2 regulatory mechanisms to alleviate SARS-CoV-2 pseudo-viral infection
Two postdocs Drs. Siyuan Su and Jianfeng Chen and a BBSP graduate student Ying Wang in Pengda Liu Lab led this study during the pandemic. Lilly Wong from Guochun Jiang Lab plays a major role in in-vitro infection models.
5 years ago
Graduate student Natalie Tanke in Cook lab recipient of F31 predoctoral fellowship award!
Congratulations to graduate student, Natalie Tanke, in collaboration with The Cook Lab. She is the recipient of F31 predoctoral fellowship award from NIH NHLBI the leading NIH institute on heart, lung, blood, & sleep disorders research. Project title is “Endothelial Cell Cycle Responses to Fluid Shear Stress.” The funding began on May 1, 2021. Congratulations …
5 years ago
Postdoc Shuai Zhao of Greg Wang lab publishes research on cancer epigenetics in Nature Reviews Cancer
Congratulations to Shuai Zhao PhD for his timely comprehensive review article in Nature Reviews Cancer.
5 years ago
Ph.D. candidate Candice Crilly makes advancements in molecular research; mentors students
Crilly said she chose to attend UNC-Chapel Hill because of its reputation as a research institution. At Carolina, she studies under Gary Pielak, a Kenan Distinguished Professor, and is a part of his research group. “When I got to UNC, I wanted to mentor people, and mentorship is a big part of his lab,” Dr. Pielak holds a joint appointment at the UNC School of Medicine in Biochemistry and Biophysics.