7 years ago
Art and science come together in N.C. Museum of Art exhibition
Images by UNC School of Medicine scientists including Cook lab were among those chosen for an exhibition of work by at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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7 years ago
Sancar’s Replica Nobel Medal Now on Display at Wilson Library
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, gifted one of 3 replicas of the Nobel Prize medal UNC. It is now on display in the newly installed numismatics exhibit at the Wilson Special Collections Library.
7 years ago
Aleksandra Skrajna PhD (Postdoc in McGinty lab) Awarded American Cancer Society Postdoc Fellowship
Aleksandra Skrajna PhD a postdoctoral researcher in McGinty lab has been awarded a three-year post-doctoral fellowship from the American Cancer Society. The fellowship, worth over $150,000 over three years, supports
7 years ago
Andrew Learner receives his PhD!
Andrew successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on January 25, 2019. Andrew Learner, under the direction of Dr. Hahn and Dr. Kuhlman, successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on January 25, 2019! The title of his dissertation was “Elucidating Dynamics of Histone Post-Translational Modifications Using Optogenetics”. We wish Andrew the best …
7 years ago
Skrajna Awarded American Cancer Society Postdoc Fellowship
Aleksandra Skrajna, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in McGinty lab has been awarded a three-year post-doctoral fellowship from the American Cancer Society.
7 years ago
Senior Faculty Honored with Basic Science Mentoring Awards
The Office of Graduate Education and Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development recognized 10 faculty members with Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring Awards this week.
7 years ago
Juanita Limas featured in Women in Science
Juanita Limas is a PhD candidate in Cook lab and HHMI Gilliam Fellow in the Department of Pharmacology within the UNC School of Medicine. Her research focuses on genes with the potential to cause cancer, specifically those that disrupt the cell cycle by affecting mechanisms of DNA replication. By endeavors January 16th, 2019 Health | Women in Science …
7 years ago
Ten UNC Faculty Members Earn Mentoring Awards
The Office of Graduate Education at the UNC School of Medicine will recognize 10 faculty members from across UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus as Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring Award winners at a January 15 ceremony with a keynote address. 4 of the 10 are associated with our department.
7 years ago
In Fimo: Finally a Name for the Experimental Examination of Excrement
To study gut bacteria, scientists focus much of their attention on excrement, which is teeming with bacteria that used to live in the gastrointestinal tract. For the sake of scientific accuracy, this experimental poop has needed a name. And now it has one thanks to UNC School of Medicine scientist Aadra Bhatt, PhD, and colleagues.
7 years ago
G. Greg Wang received a Career Development Program grant from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
The LLS grant will enable Wang lab to carry out unbiased oncogene target screening and shift towards new therapies of hematological malignancies.
7 years ago
Carolyn Clabo and Ming Jing Wu PhD receive 2018 Staff Excellence Awards
Congratulations to our 2018 Staff Excellence Award winners, Carolyn M. Clabo, Communications and Development Manager, and Ming Jing Wu PhD, Neher Lab Manager for their teamwork, creativity and innovation, positive attitude, enthusiasm, productivity, flexibility and leadership.
7 years ago
Eron, Kuhlman named Smithies Investigators
The UNC School of Medicine selected professors from the departments of medicine and biochemistry & biophysics for the annual award in honor of the late Oliver Smithies, UNC’s first Nobel Prize winner.