We rank 4th nationally in NIH funding in 2017!
October 8, 2018
The Department ranks fourth among all Biochemistry departments in the US, (both public and private institutions not just public) in 2017.
Category: News
New publication in Blood from Bergmeier Lab
August 27, 2018
Bergmeier Lab has a new publication in Blood: Functional redundancy between RAP1 isoforms in murine platelet production and function.
Limas named 2018-19 Gilliam Fellow by HHMI
August 22, 2018
Juanita Limas will receive $50,000 to support her biomedical research in the Cook lab.
Greg Wang and Qi Zhang become associate professors with tenure
July 6, 2018
Congratulations to Greg Wang and Qi Zhang, associate professors of biochemistry and biophysics who received tenure as a UNC faculty effective June 1, 2018.
Kuhlman wins DeLano Award for computer applications to enhance research
July 5, 2018
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology issued 12 awards to top scientists, including Brian Kuhlman, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics.
LLS awards Wang Career Development Program Scholar Grant
May 25, 2018
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has awarded Biochemistry and Biophysics Associate Professor G. Greg Wang, PhD, a five year, $550,000 Career Development Program Scholar Grant to support his research to decipher and target acute myeloid leukemia cell dependency and epigenetic mutations.
Could Reading our Circadian Clocks According to DNA Repair Optimize Chemotherapy?
May 7, 2018
For the first time, UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Nobel laureate Aziz Sancar analyzed whole-genome DNA repair in an animal over 24 hours to find which genes were repaired, where exactly, and when, laying the groundwork for a more precise use of anti-cancer drugs.
How Does Plant DNA Avoid the Ravages of UV Radiation
April 17, 2018
The lab of Aziz Sancar, Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, reveals the first-ever repair map of an entire multicellular organism to illuminate the inner workings of the plant kingdom’s highly efficient DNA repair system special thanks to the research of Onur Oztas, PhD, Christopher Selby, PhD, Ogun Adebali, PhD.
Large Aggregates of ALS-causing Protein Might Actually Help Brain Cells
April 16, 2018
UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Nikolay Dokholyan, Michael Hooker Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, add to evidence that small aggregates of SOD1 protein are the brain-cell killing culprits in ALS, but the formation of larger, more visible, and fibril-like aggregates of the same protein may protect brain cells.
Brian Strahl Awarded NIGMS Outstanding Investigator Grant
April 3, 2018
Congratulations to Brian Strahl, Professor & Vice-Chair of the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, for being selected to receive an R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) from the National Institutes of Health.