14 years ago
Introducing the 2012 Research Retreat T-Shirt
Congratulations to Brian Garrett (graduate student in the Neher lab) for creating the winning artwork in our retreat t-shirt design contest!
Category: News
14 years ago
Scientists in the Strahl lab find missing link between players in the epigenetic code
Sept. 30, 2012 - New research from the Strahl lab has established the first link between the two most fundamental epigenetic tags -- histone modification and DNA methylation -- in humans.
14 years ago
Rinku Majumder has the cover article in the October 2012 issue of ATVB
A schematic from Dr. Majumder's paper "Inhibition of Intrinsic Xase by Protein S - A Novel, Regulatory role of Protein S Independent of Activated Protein C" in the October 2012 issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology has been chosen as the cover image.
14 years ago
Cell death mystery yields new suspect for cancer drug development
Sept 13, 2013 - Discovery by UNC researchers in the Parise lab uncover a prime suspect for new cancer drug development. The team’s findings were published in the journal Oncogene.
14 years ago
Grad Student Stephani Page interviewed by ASBMB
Stephani Page is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an undergrad, Page chose to attend North Carolina A&T State University, a historically black university, to study Chemical Engineering. That experience was a great influence over her personal and professional growth. Page loves her research and works hard to make herself and her family proud each and every day.
14 years ago
UNC team reports a novel DNA Damage-Dependent Tumor Suppressor
Life is full of choices, and even cells come to a fork in the road. They have to decide what to do about damage to their DNA: repair the damage, force the damaged cell to die, or allow the damage to transform the cell to a tumor cell. Read more on the work from the Xian Chen lab in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics that was published in Cell Death & Disease.
14 years ago
Grad Student Onur Dagliyan and Alakananda Das awarded HHMI International Research Fellowships
Congratulations to Onur Dagliyan and Alka Das, graduate students of Biochemistry & Biophysics who are recipients of 2012 HHMI International Student Research Fellowships.
14 years ago
Crews selected to serve on NIH Study Section
Dr. Stephen T. Crews, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, accepted an invitation to serve as a member of the Neurogenesis and Cell Fate Study Section, Center for Scientific Review for the term beginning immediately and ending June 30, 2018. Members are selected on the basis of their demonstrated competence and achievement in their scientific discipline as evidenced by the quality of research accomplishments, publications in scientific journals, and other significant scientific activities, achievements and honors.
14 years ago
Saskia Neher selected as a 2012 Pew Scholar
Congratulations to Dr. Saskia Neher, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics who is the eleventh Pew Scholar recipient for UNC since the program began in 1985. She is one of 8 women among 22 awardees overall nationwide.
14 years ago
Shobhan Gaddameedhi receives a NC TraCS grant
Dr. Shobhan Gaddameedhi, postdoctoral fellow in Aziz Sancar's lab, is one of six recipients of a NC TraCS $2K Pilot Program.
14 years ago
Lynn Ray selected as the 2012 UMA Manager of the Year
Congratulations to Lynn Ray who was selected as the 2012 Manager of the Year by the University Managers Association.
14 years ago
Lucia Stefanini receives a 2012 EHA-ISTH Joint Fellowship
Congratulations to Lucia Stefanini, Research Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, who is only the second recipient of an EHA-ISTH Joint Fellowship.