9 months ago
Our Cross-Departmental Plant Swap on September 26, 2025, was a blooming success! More than 100 plant lovers gathered on the GMB Lawn to exchange cuttings, potted plants, and thriving plant babies—growing not only their collections but also connections across the UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics community. Whether seasoned plant parents or curious newcomers, attendees enjoyed an …
9 months ago
Holly Shepherd, Student Services Manager at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, was one of eight recipients of the annual Dean’s Performance Award at the 2025 School of Medicine Annual Staff Summit.
9 months ago
The Bergmeier lab recently collaborated with colleagues at Harvard Medical School on a significant study titled “Coagulation factor XII haploinsufficiency is protective against venous thromboembolism in a population-scale multidimensional analysis“. This work was published in Nature Communications. Congratulations to David Paul, PhD, research assistant professor, who is listed as the second author on this important …
9 months ago
Darex Vera Rodriguez successfully defended his PhD thesis on protein allostery in Dr. Andrew Lee’s lab on September 15, 2025.
9 months ago
Congratulations also to Matthew Vander Ploeg, graduate student in the Bergmeier lab, who was awarded an NIH F30 fellowship from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
9 months ago
For 2025 National Postdoctoral Appreciation week, we are highlighting 11 of our outstanding postdoctoral researchers in our labs. (Click to read more.)
9 months ago
The Special Master’s Program for employees in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics enables laboratory employees to pursue a Master’s degree on a part-time basis while working full-time in the Department.
9 months ago
Welcome, Adam Graves, PhD, Postdoc in the Tamir lab! Adam completed his graduate research at UNC in Albert Baldwin’s lab in Pharmacology, focusing on intracellular signaling and the roles of innate immune kinases in pancreatic cancer. He’s passionate about proteomic and metabolomic approaches, and outside the lab, he enjoys mountain biking, music, and working on …
9 months ago
Dr. Dale Ramsden receives Battle Award for groundbreaking genome stability research. Dr. Dale Ramsden was honored with the 2024 Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award at a ceremony on August 18 in the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center atrium, surrounded by colleagues and supporters. Read more.
10 months ago
Dr. Joshua Strauss, Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Director of the UNC Cryo-EM Core, was awarded an NIH S10 High End Instrumentation grant to purchase a 300 keV cryogenic-transmission electron microscope.
10 months ago
The UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics Postdoc committee introduced our new Chair Logan Slade PhD (Cook lab), in 2024. If you are a postdoc or visiting scientist and would like to be involved in the committee, please contact Logan Slade at lgnslade@email.unc.edu for more information.
10 months ago
We’re excited to introduce our Graduate Education Committee (GECO) representatives for the upcoming academic year: Maria Al Haddad will serve as the Biochemistry track representative and Trevor Mileur will represent the Biophysics track.