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Congratulations to Dr. Jibo “Dylan” Zhang of Brian Strahl’s lab who successfully defended his Ph.D. and as of winter 2021, a UNC and BCBP alumnus!

Jean Marie Mwiza, graduate student by computer screen

Jean Marie Niyitegeka Mwiza received an ASH Abstract Achievement Award for his abstract titled The Small Gtpase Rap1 in Platelets Is Critical for Arterial but Not Venous Thrombosis in Mice in 2021.

The UNC School of Medicine aims to foster a sense of belonging among its community in Chapel Hill and across North Carolina, including all cultures and religions, and works to celebrate and support diversity that reflects all of the populations it serves.

Najla Ward-Conyers undergrad in Neher lab presented her poster for BIOL 395. Najla is majoring in biology with a double minor in chemistry and medical anthropology. She is interested in public health...

This month we are excited to announce that Odessa Goudy, a graduate student in Brian Kuhlman's lab, recently received a Rosetta Commons Outreach Fellowship!

Dalal Azzam in lab wearing a blue face mask

Senior Dalal Azzam, a biochem/neuroscience double-major from Cary, NC is taking over the CSS Instagram Stories today to share what she does in the McGinty Lab.

We welcome Dr. Rebecca Berlow, who will be joining the Biochemistry and Biophysics department as an Assistant Professor on January 24, 2022. Dr. Berlow is a biophysicist and structural biologist...

To honor the military-affiliated Carolina students, faculty, staff and alumni who have served our country, UNC is celebrating Veterans Week 2021 with a full week of events hosted by the Veterans Resource Center within the Office of the Dean of Students.

Rebekah Layton, PhD, and Rob Nicholas, PhD

UNC School of Medicine and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy leaders in professional development created a resource to help the National Institutes of Health evaluate T32 graduate and postdoctoral training programs at universities across the country. UNC School of Medicine’s Rebekah Layton, PhD, and Rob Nicholas, PhD, were co-leaders of this effort.

Our semifinalists will give presentations on Oct. 5, 13, 18, 25. There will be opportunities to meet with the candidates on other dates. Read more...

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We will convene spaces across campus staffed with experts from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS), the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and School of Social Work. We encourage students, faculty and staff to come together, process their feelings and talk about their experiences.

This week, Dr. Pittman was introduced at the Burroughs Wellcome Fund New Awardees Networking Meeting. She presented her research...

Category: Diversity

Congratulations to our new Ph.D. Jibo “Dylan” Zhang!

Jean Marie Niyitegeka Mwiza earns ASH Abstract Achievement Award

December Celebrations Spotlight

Najla Ward-Conyers UNC ’22, CSS 6 (Neher lab) presented her poster for BIOL 395

Odessa Goudy named Rosetta Commons Outreach Fellow

Dalal Azzam (UNC ’22, CSS 6) Senior in McGinty lab featured in IG takeover for UNC Research Week!

Welcome Rebecca Berlow our new faculty member joining us in January

UNC-Chapel Hill Veterans Week schedule for 2021

UNC Team Leads Resource for Evaluation of Research Training Programs

BCBP Chair Search Committee releases semi-finalist round dates in October

Wellness Day and Support

Dr. Nikea Pittman presents at Bourroughs Wellcome Fund New Awardee Meeting