4 years ago
SOM Office of Research Accepting Applications for Bridge and Boost Funding
The UNC School of Medicine is accepting applications for bridge and boost funding. The deadline for applications is Oct. 10.
Category: News
4 years ago
Freezer Challenge encourages energy-saving practices
As part of a growing green-lab movement, Carolina competes with labs internationally to cut the high cost of cold storage. Xian Chen's lab is highlighted for being one of the two labs at UNC who participated in the international challenge!
4 years ago
Maria Al Haddad elected to GPSG Senate
Maria Al Haddad was elected by the BCBP department students to represent them as senator in 53rd session of the Graduate and Professional Student Government. The GPSG Senate, consisting of senators representing the different units on campus, is part of the legislative arm of the GPSG. In addition to being a senator, she will also …
4 years ago
Alex Guseman PhD (2018) named NIGMS/NIH MOSAIC K99/R00 Scholar
We would like to congratulate Dr. Alex Guseman (Chemistry ’18 Molecular & Cellular Biophysics Program cohort ’14) on earning a K99 from the MOSAIC program. Dr. Guseman is a postdoctoral fellow at The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania.
4 years ago
Nathaniel Wesley earns his PhD!
Nathaniel Wesley successfully defended his thesis on August 17th, 2022, titled, “Characterization of Chromatin Interactions using TR-FRET.” The work was completed under the direction of Robert K. McGinty, MD, PhD.
4 years ago
2022 Art in Science Competition – Accepting Applications
The School of Medicine is soliciting innovative scientific images that showcase the biomedical research in the School. Submissions are due September 19.
4 years ago
Scientists Discover Surprise Anticancer Properties of Common Lab Molecule
Experiments from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, show how a common molecular tool for DNA labeling also has anticancer properties worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.
4 years ago
MCBP welcomed a vibrant cohort of students at the Annual Bowling Social
The incoming cohort of Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program students joined 2nd-year students and program directors, Brian Kuhlman and Kevin Slep, for a bowling social on August 17, 2022, at Mardi Gras Bowling Center in Chapel Hill.
4 years ago
Postdoc committee hosts Postdoc Coffee Hour
On August 16, 2022, the BCBP postdoc committee hosted its first Postdoc Coffee Hour of 2022-23. Our Postdocs enjoyed the coffee, iced tea, and some snacks from Panera.
4 years ago
Postdoc social at Carolina Inn’s Fridays on the Front Porch
BCBP postdocs joined up with the UNC Postdoc Association (PDA) for the event Fridays on the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn. PDA hosts a postdoc meetup at Fridays on the Front Porch at the end of each month and it's a great opportunity to meet postdocs from other departments at UNC.
4 years ago
Sarah Harris presents at the Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation Gordon Research Conference
This spring, Sarah Harris, a member of the Dominguez lab, received the Barry Lentz Travel Award. Sarah traveled to the Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation Gordon Research Conference this summer and gave a poster presentation titled “Evolution of the RNA binding and regulations.” Sarah is a 4th year trainee in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program and a …
4 years ago
The Graduate School welcomes incoming graduate students
The Graduate School welcomed more than 700 graduate students at an in-person orientation on Wednesday, August 10; they join nearly 2,500 incoming graduate students from all areas of campus. Dean Suzanne Barbour provided words of wisdom from her time as a graduate student.