1 year ago
In a new study led by graduate student Ike Emerson in the laboratories of Frank L. Conlon, PhD, professor of biology and genetics, and Bill Marzluff, PhD have recently made a large stride in the field, uncovering one of the molecular reasons behind sex disparities in heart disease.
1 year ago
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..."
1 year ago
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...
1 year ago
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“
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
UNC News: This single mom is a renowned scientist. By Kendall Daniels Rovinsky, UNC School of Medicine, Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
1 year ago
Dalia Fleifel is the recipient of the Diane Harris Leadership Award in the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department for exemplary leadership.
1 year ago
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 spoke and then Dr. Silvia Ramos announced awards...
1 year ago
Dr. Brian Kuhlman, along with his trainees Nick Randolph and Amrita Nallathambi, traveled to Sweden to attend the 2024 Nobel Week. They participated in various activities organized by Rosetta Commons in celebration of Dr. David Baker receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for computational protein design.”
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
Postdoctoral fellow in Bergmeier lab, Alexei Martyanov PhD, Receives a Prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship from American Heart Association (AHA).
1 year ago
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)