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Pi Day celebration

GMB 3rd floor lobby

Dear BCBP Department, We would like to invite you to celebrate Pi Day this Thursday, March 14th at 12:30 PM on the third floor GMB Atrium! To make this day more fun and delicious, we would like to invite you to bring a pie to share. Whether it's a classic pie or a creative twist … Read more

Student Thesis Defense: Xavier Bonner (Swanstrom)

1131 Bioinformatics 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Defense title: “Determining Genotypic and Phenotypic Factors Influencing Macrophage Tropism in the HIV-1 Envelope Protein” Seminar based upon the doctoral dissertation of Xavier Bonner under the direction of Dr. Ronald Swanstrom    

Seminar: Don Stetson (U-WA)

1131 Bioinformatics 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Speaker, Don Stetson, Ph.D., Prof. of Immunology at Univ. of WA. Title “New Frontiers in the cGAS-STING DNA sensing pathway” Host: Pengda Liu.  Details at this Word document: Daniel Stetson Flyer

Seminar: Liu Mei PhD (UNC Cook lab)

1131 Bioinformatics 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Research in Progress Seminar Liu Mei, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Jean Cook Lab UNC-Chapel Hill Title: "How do breast cancer cells acquire drug resistance in the early stages?" -- Dr. Liu Mei obtained her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Zhejiang University in China where she focused on investigating the regulation of the Hippo signaling pathway in both … Read more

HOLIDAY – No Classes

Reminder that classes are not held on well-being days, and some meetings may be postponed or cancelled depending on the circumstances. It’s a good reminder to check on yourself, your teammates, and others you care about. If you are present please consider support Thanh at her defense.

Speaker: Katherine White (Notre Dame)

1131 Bioinformatics 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Katherine White, Ph.D., Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Notre Dame Title: “Intracellular pH dynamics regulate proteins, pathways and cell behaviors” Host: Jean Cook Dr. Katharine White received a B.S. in Chemistry from Saint Mary’s College and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After completing postdoctoral … Read more

BCBP happy hour – Lantern

Lantern 421 W Franklin St.

Dear BCBP department members,   Please join us Thursday, April 4th, for the Biochemistry and Biophysics spring happy hour. All staff, faculty, postdocs, students, and rotation students are invited to attend. Light appetizers and drinks will be provided. We hope to see you there!

Seminar: Hannah Shafaat (UCLA)

1131 Bioinformatics 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Hannah Shafaat, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry UCLA Title: “Model metalloenzymes to catalyze the reactions of early life" student invited seminar speaker