5 years ago
The UNC PEP-MX core has a Refeyn One Mass Photometry instrument that’s now available for use. The Mass Photometer measures minute perturbations in the refractive index of a solution as biomolecules tumble within. Sophisticated software then calculates the masses of the particles that produced those optical differences (Figure 1). Figure 1. Recent experimental data acquired by the mass photometer …
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BCBP students celebrated Earth Day on April 22, 2021 together with the recently established Environmental Task Force. ETF co-chairs Dalia Fleifel and Abigail Ballard handed out flyers and held discussions about sustainable lab practices and resources available at UNC. The ETF mission is to increase awareness and provide resources to the BCBP community about environmental …
5 years ago
Congratulations to all our student seminar presentation awardees! To celebrate the end of a successful year of (virtual) student seminars, the department hosted a lunch and award event for all department graduate students. The BCBP department student seminar series is a student-created initiative that began in 2019 to help students across the department learn more about the …
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2021 Administrative Professionals Day was on April 21, 2021. Thank you so much for keeping us afloat during this most unusual and stressful year. Message from Lynn Ray, Associate Chair for Administration: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank all you for your hard work during this past year for our Department. This …
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Jill Dowen lab publication featured as a highlighted article in GENETICS April 2021. Publication titled "Functional impact of cancer-associated cohesin variants on gene expression and cellular identity" was first published in February 19, 2021. A designation given to the top 1-2% of all papers in the issue.
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Congratulations to Anna Wheless (Saskia Neher lab), who was awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation. Anna's proposal is titled “Viewing a Lipase Through Two Lenses to Resolve the Mysteries of Lipid Metabolism.”
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Odessa Goudy and Andrew Leaver-Fay of the Kuhlman lab presented at this year's virtual Winter RosettaCON which ran from March 15th to 18th. RosettaCON is an international conference that connects Rosetta developers and users from around the world.
5 years ago
Paloma Armendariz Ruiz, undergraduate student in Strahl lab and Chancellor's Science Scholar, selected as a 2021 Goldwater Scholar.
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Ben Roberts, under the direction of Dr. Saskia Neher, successfully defended his dissertation on April 2nd, 2021 and received his PhD. The title of his dissertation is “THE MOLECULAR REGULATION OF LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE TRAFFICKING.”
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The Carolina community joins The Graduate School in promoting and celebrating Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week through several events.
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NIH released NOT-OD-21-073 in March 2021 announcing revised guidelines for the NIH Biosketch and Other Support document for any submission with a due date on or after May 25th, 2021.
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Office of Graduate Education issues a community standards document, explaining expectations for the research training environment, expectations of basic science research advisors, and faculty expectations of BBSP-affiliated students. Please read this document Expectations of research advisors and students (Feb. 11, 2025 version) See also Code of Conduct HR Policies Update on March 27, 2023 To …