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photo of Eva Nogales. text "the mary ellen jones Lecture will be Eva Nogales for October 16 2024 at 10 AM"

The Biochemistry and Biophysics Department is thrilled to announce a special two-day visit from the esteemed Dr. Eva Nogales, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Dr. Nogales is a leader in cryo-electron microscopy, structural biology, and cytoskeletal mechanics (read more about her lab here). This exciting …

Ike Emerson, a 5th year grad student in the Conlon lab, is one of the finalists who will compete at The Three Minute Thesis. His talk title is "The Spark of Cardiac Sex Differences."

Special recognition to Dr. Brian Kuhlman at UNC, whose work during his postdoc with David Baker contributed to this groundbreaking achievement. Dr. Kuhlman's contributions are referenced in the Nobel Prize documentation, see Ref. #17 is Kuhlman et al. From page 7 Nobel Prize doc. "The breakthrough in computational de novo protein design came in 2003 when David Baker and coworkers published the design and crystallographic validation of a 93-residue α/β-protein named Top7.” read more...

For this Women’s History Month, we would like to honor Mary Ellen Jones, PhD. You may recognize her name from the building that sits on the edge of the UNC Medical Center campus, but Jones is recognized for so much more.

Jack Griffith sitting in front of his electron microscope

Jack Griffith, PhD, whose work focuses on the use of electron microscopy, has been contributing to research at Carolina for 46 years. Read about Jack's research.

Sarah E. Harris under the direction of Dr. Daniel Dominguez successfully defended her dissertation on September 16, 2024, and received her PhD!

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Learn about campus resources and how Tar Heels are using outreach and research to prioritize on campus and beyond.

Pengda Liu and his lab sitting around a dinner table celebrating after a lab meeting in 2024

The Liu lab consists of a group of young scientists with passion for biomedical research. The goal of Liu lab is to better understand deregulated signaling events in cancer to search for new drug targets and develop new treatment modalities. One focus of the Liu lab is on the ubiquitin/kinase signaling to define cancer type …

red and white magazine cover from Blood magazine in September 2024

Graduate student Abby Kordeliski has had the final version of her paper “4D intravital imaging studies identify platelets as the predominant cellular procoagulant surface in a mouse hemostasis model” published in Blood along with the cover image. Abby works in the Wolfgang Bergmeier laboratory in Mary Ellen Jones Building, Congratulations Abby!

In April 2024 we announced the leadership for the postdoc committee: Ajit Prakash PhD is serving as the chair and Logan Slade PhD is serving as vice chair. In November 2024, Logan Slade PhD will serve as Chair and will seek a vice chair. read more

Looking up at the Sun shining through the Fall leaves in the trees

Counseling and Psychological Services team offers 24 options to help Tar Heels talk through specific issues.

Brian Strahl, PhD, was promoted to Associate Dean for Basic Research for UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine on September 1, 2024. He reports to the Vice Dean for Research, Blossom Damania, PhD, and focuses on overseeing the infrastructure, communication and development necessary to bolster the growing research enterprise of the SOM. He has been …

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The 2024 Mary Ellen Jones Distinguished Women in Science Lecture will be given by Eval Nogales PhD

Graduate student Ike Emerson is a finalist for UNC’s 3MT

2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Honors Work Linked to UNC Scientist: Dr. Brian Kuhlman

Mary Ellen Jones: A Woman of Many Firsts

Dr. Jack Griffith featured in UNC Research

Congrats to Sarah E. Harris who earned her PhD!

Mental Health Resources for students, postdocs, faculty and staff

Liu Lab spotlight: recent publications and new grant

Congratulations Abby Kordeliski on getting the cover art in Blood (Bergmeier lab)

Your 2024-2025 BCBP Postdoc leaders

Postdocs and Students can connect through CAPS therapy groups

Strahl promoted to SOM Associate Dean for Basic Research