6 years ago
Researchers clock DNA’s recovery time
In the time it takes for an Amazon Prime delivery to arrive, cells damaged by chemotherapy can...
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6 years ago
Grad Student Frank Teets receives his PhD!
Frank successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on November 1,2019. Frank Teets, under the direction of Dr. Hahn and Dr. Kuhlman, successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on November 1, 2019! The title of his dissertation was “Function-Driven Approaches to the Design of Optogenetic Tools”. We wish Frank the best in …
6 years ago
2019 UNC BCBP Fall Family Picnic at the FARM
Biochemistry and Biophysics gathered for the Fall Family Picnic on October 30th.
6 years ago
UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care announces pilot grant awardees
The UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) and the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences (NC TraCS) Institute at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) have awarded 3 pilot grants.
6 years ago
Research Week Events Featuring the School of Medicine
University Research Week is taking place from November 4-8, 2019, and there are many campus-wide events showcasing the research done at UNC.
6 years ago
Researcher Kathryn Gunn relies on Research Computing
When the University acquired a cryo-EM, Gunn needed to analyze the images with software, like Relion and EMAN2, which only run in Linux environments.
6 years ago
UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care announces pilot grant awardees
he PPMH matched funds from the NC TraCS $5-$50K Pilot Program for four principal investigators in the UNC School of Medicine who proposed projects that would generate evidence for implementation of precision medicine approaches in the UNC Health Care System and beyond. The UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH), which aims to transform …
6 years ago
Heidi Hamm, PhD | “Regulation of Exocytosis by inhibitory GPCRs and Gbg subunits”
On Tuesday October 15th, 2019 Dr. Heidi Hamm, a professor of Pharmacology at Vanderbilt University will be speaking about the regulation of exocytosis by inhibitory GPCR’s and G protein beta gamma subunits. Exocytosis of presynaptic vesicles is a critical process in hormone and neurotransmitter release. Improper regulation of vesicular fusion is associated with well-known disorders such as epilepsy, intellectual disability, autism, and dyskinetic movement disorders.
6 years ago
Breaking barriers to a cure for HIV | UCT News
An international, collaborative study involving the University of Cape Town (UCT) and UNC researchers has revealed an unexpected finding that could lead ...
6 years ago
Congratulations 2019 Retreat Presentation Winners
Announcing our presentation award winners from our 2019 research retreat.
6 years ago
Ron Swanstrom – Surprise Finding About HIV Reservoir Could Lead to Better Therapies
Researchers led by Ron Swanstrom, PhD, and colleagues in South Africa, discovered that the latent HIV reservoir that persists during antiretroviral treatment mostly reflects viruses present in the blood at the start of antiretroviral treatment.
7 years ago
Graduate students record Science Seminar Preview podcasts for Biochemistry 701
Podcasts are becoming more and more important for science communication. Please listen to our students' projects.