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Congratulations to Dr. Juanita Limas of Jean Cook's lab who successfully defended her PhD September 20! (Pharmacology Ph.D. program) Best wishes to Dr. Limas in her new adventure!

ASM has honored Dr. Johnson with its William A. Hinton Award for Advancement of a Diverse Community of Microbiologists for his creation of NSURP. Congrats to our 2011 program alum!

We are very excited to announce that Nikea Pittman Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow in Saskia Neher lab, received a Burroughs Wellcome Fund Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program award!

On August 31, Dalia Fleifel was elected by her peers in the Fall General Elections as a GPSG Senator, part of the Student Government at UNC-Chapel Hill.

ASBMB MOSAIC scholar Cassandra Hayne PhD

We wish to congratulate our 2017 alumnae Cassandra K. Hayne PhD on earning a K99 through the MOSAIC program! Dr. Hayne is a postdoctoral fellow at NIEHS.

WinSPIRE two graduate Odessa Goudy and students in the lab desk

4 WinSPIRE student mentors highlighted. Get involved in this STEM pipeline.

craig cameron and crystal walker search committee contacts

The committee received applications from many highly competitive candidates. We completed preliminary interviews...

Camila Garcia of Strahl lab presents at the 2021 Summer Undergraduate Pipeline (SUP) Research Symposium. Camila is a SOLAR & SURE fellow from Florida Gulf Coast University.

We congratulate Dr. Jill Dowen, Assistant Professor in Biochemistry and Biophysics and Biology for being named the Well-being Liaison for the department.

Dr. Jean Cook (left), Dr. Donita Robinson (right)

Effective August 1, Dr. Donita Robinson will succeed Dr. Jean Cook as the School of Medicine Associate Dean for Graduate Education.

Dalal Azzam (UNC '22, CSS 6), undergraduate researcher in the McGinty lab is a biochemistry/neuroscience double-major from Cary, NC, is tackling brain cancer research at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine this summer.

We would like to congratulate all of our graduates for earning their PhDs between August 2019 and May 2021.

Category: Diversity

Juanita Limas earns her PhD!

Society Honors Dr. Michael Johnson for Diversity Promotion

Dr. Nikea Pittman named BWF Postdoctoral Diversity Enrichment Program recipient!

Congratulations to Dalia Fleifel our new BCBP Senator in the GPSG!

Cassandra K. Hayne PhD (2017) named NIGMS/NIH MOSAIC K99/R00 Scholar

Reaching Out for the Win: Encouraging STEM in the local community

Biochemistry & Biophysics Chair Search Committee provides update

Camila Garcia of Strahl lab presents at the 2021 Summer Undergraduate Pipeline (SUP) Research Symposium

Dr. Jill Dowen named Well-being Liaison for UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics Department

Associate Dean for Graduate Education Jean Cook passes the baton to Donita Robinson

Dalal Azzam (UNC ’22, CSS 6) Undergrad in McGinty lab is tackling brain cancer research

10 BCBP graduates celebrated at the 2021 Hooding