7 months ago
Dr. Dalia Fleifel successfully defended her thesis, titled “DNA replication keynote and code: MCM’s journey on and off” on July 7, 2025. As a graduate student, Dalia was an active member of the Jean Cook lab and a student leader within the department.
7 months ago
Research at UNC has doubled over the past 12 years, firmly establishing Carolina as one of America’s top-ranked research universities.
7 months ago
Carolina ranked No. 3 best value public by Princeton Review. UNC-Chapel Hill rose one spot on the annual list and was recognized as No. 1 in financial aid and No. 2 best value without aid among publics.
7 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.
8 months ago
Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, Misty Good, MD, MS, and Jason Stein, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the 8th installment of this annual School of Medicine award. Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award Seminar will be held on Friday, July 11, 2025, from 12:30pm-2pm in Kirkland Auditorium, Koury Oral Health Sciences Building.
8 months ago
Welcome to the new Director of the UNC Macromolecular Interactions Facility, Dr. Chris Travis. Before joining UNC, Chris spent time at GSK at a medicinal chemistry co-op working on a program in the pre-clinical stage...
8 months ago
Dr. Qi Zhang, Professor and Associate Chair of Community and Engagement in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, has been named the inaugural Arrel Toews Research and Teaching Distinguished Term Professor, effective July 1, 2025.
8 months ago
We are enormously grateful for everything Dr. Ash Tripathy has done for UNC research and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics over the last 25+ years, and we wish him a relaxing and well-deserved retirement.
8 months ago
Dalia Fleifel, a graduate student leader, has been awarded the 2025 Lineberger Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science. This accolade was presented at the annual trainee awards ceremony on May 21st.
8 months ago
Researchers have discovered that an enzyme called USP37 plays a crucial role in ensuring our cells copy their DNA correctly. The findings were published in Nature Communications. (Thanks to the first three co-authors—Derek Bolhuis, Dalia Fleifel and Thomas Bonacci.)
9 months ago
The University proudly acknowledges the long-term dedication and impactful contributions of faculty and staff across our institution. Reflecting our mission to advance research, teaching, and community service, the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics celebrates the achievements of its members through the State Service Recognition program.
9 months ago
Our researchers (Pengda Liu lab) and their colleagues have developed a small molecule that selectively degrades a protein implicated in Ewing sarcoma, a rare and aggressive cancer of the bone and soft tissue that primarily affects children and teenagers.