8 months ago
Welcome Steven Moran PhD, our new postdoc!
Welcome to our new postdoc in Chrystal Starbird’s lab, Steven Moran PhD!
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8 months ago
Cook lab research video published on UNC Health YouTube
The Cook Lab at UNC investigates how cell proliferation is regulated and how diseases disrupt these processes. Their work provides the foundation for developing targeted therapies that have shown promising success in treating cancers such as breast cancer.
8 months ago
Camila Arango Attends International Structural Biology Course in Spain
Camila Arango, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics (Starbird Lab), was selected as one of just 22 international participants for the inaugural Salamanca International Advanced Biophysics and Structural Biology Course, organized by Eva Nogales and Carlos Bustamante. The course, held from June 29th to July 5th in Salamanca, Spain, provides intensive …
8 months ago
Congratulations to our new PhD, Dr. Dalia Fleifel!
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.
8 months ago
UNC Research Facts and Rankings
Research at UNC has doubled over the past 12 years, firmly establishing Carolina as one of America’s top-ranked research universities.
8 months ago
Carolina Ranking
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.
8 months ago
Researchers Learn How Cancer Cells Divide Despite Treatment
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.
9 months ago
Congratulations to the 2024-25 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
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.
9 months ago
Dr. Chris Travis will serve as New Director of the UNC Macromolecular Interactions Facility
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...
9 months ago
Dr. Qi Zhang Named Inaugural Arrel Toews Research and Teaching Distinguished Term Professor
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.
9 months ago
Dr. Ash Tripathy to step down as Core Director from the Macromolecular Interactions on July 1
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.
9 months ago
Dalia Fleifel receives Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Sciences
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.