News Archives | Biochemistry and Biophysics

Dr. Chrystal Starbird’s NIGMS-funded work was highlighted in the Biomedical Beat blog

Dr. Starbird was recently selected to join the 2025 class of Keystone Fellows and appointed to the editorial advisory boards. Also her NIGMS-funded work was highlighted in the Biomedical Beat blog "Understanding Signaling Through Cell Membranes..."

San Diego Zoo entrance sign with Starbird lab members

The Starbird lab attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology that took place December 14-18, 2024, where lab members presented their work. Dr. Starbird presented research at 2 sessions, sitting on 2 panels, and completing activities...

Amanda Chang with UNC Well image in the background

Amanda Chang was a former staff member in our department. Read more about her interests and career journey at UNC. UNC Research’s “Rooted: Amanda Chang – UNC Research“

Assoc Professor Ogun Adebali received a Turkish prize in 2024 image of face and Turkish language

Associate Professor Ogün Adebali was awarded the TÜBİTAK Incentive Award for his internationally distinguished work in developing bioinformatics tools that enable the examination of DNA damage responses across various organisms.

Drs. Al-Turki and Griffith walking down a lab hallway

UNC News: This single mom is a renowned scientist. By Kendall Daniels Rovinsky, UNC School of Medicine, Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

Dalia Fleifel is the recipient of the Diane Harris Leadership Award in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department for exemplary leadership.

collage of 8 photos from Christmas party with awardees

We held our annual end-of-year holiday party at the Kenan Conference Center. Latasha Mingo MBA introduced our chair, Jean Cook PhD, who shared our growth and successes over the past year. Qi Zhang PhD announced our monthly themes for our upcoming Inclusive Gatherings for 2025. Dr. Silvia Ramos announced awards...

Dr. Tigist Tamir standing with yellow jacket near decorative building with blue dots

Tigist Tamir, PhD has joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, effective December 16, 2024. Her research focuses on Cell signaling mediated regulation of metabolism and oxidative stress response in obesity and cancer. She will be accepting rotation students in Spring 2025.

Postdoctoral fellow in Bergmeier lab, Alexei Martyanov PhD, Receives a Prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from American Heart Association (AHA).

text " Carolina now one of the top 10 largest research institutions in the U.S." image of old well and South building in the fall

UNC-Chapel Hill has grown research activity by $190M, pushing the University into the top 10 research institutions in the U.S. by volume and annual expenditures. $1.55 billion in annual research activity (up from $1.36 billion)

Our group conducts research on histones, which have short, protruding protein “tails.” Chemical modifications placed on these tails play key roles in gene regulation. The location of histone H3 lysine-4 is indicated with a green star.

Congrats to our researchers on their significant new publication in *Genes and Development*! Their study reveals how a chemical modification to lysine 4 of the protein histone H3 . promotes target gene expression. The research has large implications for cancer. Congrats to: Venkat Chirasani, Krzysztof Krajewski, Brian Strahl, Jill Dowen!

Ryan (left) and Brandon Mouery (right) have always been together, including now at Carolina’s cancer center where they study ways to improve pancreatic cancer treatments. (Jon Gardiner/UNC-Chapel Hill)

Read more at: Twins team up on cancer research By Brennan Doherty, University Communications, Monday, December 2nd, 2024

Category: News

Starbird joins the 2025 class of Keystone Fellows and featured on NIGMS blog

Starbird lab attends annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology

A former staff member highlighted in UNC Research Rooted

Associate Professor Ogün Adebali was awarded the TÜBİTAK Incentive Award

Postdoc Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki is leading groundbreaking telomere research in Griffith lab

Dalia Fleifel receives the Dianne Harris Leadership Award

Department announces winners of our BCBP 2024 Excellence Awards

Welcome Tigist Tamir our new faculty member

Congratulations to Alexei Martyanov PhD for being awarded a Postdoctoral Fellowship from AHA

Carolina ranks 9th among all top U.S. research institutions

Disruption of one protein could lead to cancer

Cook lab alum in UNC News: Brandon Mouery PhD