5 years ago
2020 School of Medicine Research Roundup
2 news highlights have been published from every department within the School of Medicine in the 2020 School of Medicine Research Roundup.
Author Archives: Carolyn Clabo
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Dowen Lab members win awards for presenting their work at UNC Chromatin and Epigenetics Symposium
Two Dowen Lab members have won competitive awards at the 4th Annual UNC Chromatin and Epigenetics Symposium, held virtually on Dec 3, 2020. Graduate student Nicole Arruda won an award for her talk. Graduate student Megan Justice won an award for her poster presentation. This event was jointly sponsored by the Carolina Chromatin Consortium, Cancer …
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Alex Stutzman nominated for HHMI Gilliam Fellowship
Alex Stutzman a graduate student in Down and McKay labs, successfully competed to be one of the UNC nominees put forward in prestigious national fellowship competition. Alex is now in the running for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. She is a terrific candidate with a strong background in research and …
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BCBP Office administration puts emphasis on Team-building
Pre-pandemic, our administrative staff team led by Lynn Ray at Biochemistry and Biophysics, enjoys team-building activities throughout the year.
5 years ago
Farewell to Jamie!
Jamie DeSoto has taken another position and will be leaving our department effective January 4, 2021.
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Congratulations to Carolina’s winter graduates!
Commencement message for the December 2020 graduates of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Dean Suzanne Barbour. Video Link.
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Six Faculty Members Recognized by SOM Office for Graduate Research with Mentorship Awards
This year the Awards for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring go to Blossom Damania, PhD, Amy Gladfelter, PhD, Brian Kuhlman, PhD, Karen Mohlke, PhD, Natasha Snider, PhD, and Mark Zylka, PhD.
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National Heart Lung and Blood Institute grants $2.3 million to study fundamentals of immune cell activation
The large collaborative group receiving the grant includes UNC SOM’s Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD.
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Sancar Publishes 400th Scientific Paper
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, published his 400th scientific paper this fall in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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Kedziora Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant to support increased collaboration and innovations in imaging technology research
Katarzyna Kedziora, PhD, postdoctoral researcher received a five year $740,000 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to support increased collaboration and innovations in imaging technology research at the Bioinformatics and Analytics Research Collaborative at UNC-Chapel Hill for her project titled “Empowering Biologists with Deep Learning Approaches for Image Analysis.”
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Jesse Arp was nominated for the 2020 Dean’s performance awards
The Dean’s Performance Awards honor UNC School of Medicine staff members whose exemplary work.
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‘BAH-code’ reader senses gene-silencing tag in cells (Greg Wang)
Greg Wang, PhD, and colleagues have identified an evolutionarily conserved pathway responsible for “closing down” gene activity in the mammalian cell.