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Seminar: Gabe Lander PhD (Scripps)

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

GABE LANDER, PHD, Professor, Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Scripps Research Institute                                                                     Host: Rob McGinty “The highs and lows of cryo-EM and its use in studying molecular machines of mass destruction” Abstract:Technical and methodological advances in single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) have expanded the technique into a resolution regime that was previously only attainable by X-ray crystallography. … Read more

BCBP Student Seminar Series

UNC GMB 3007 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, United States

BCBP Student Seminar Series FOR STUDENTS ONLY. PI’s are not expected to attend. GMB 3007. Lunch provided. This is a seminar organized by students for students. The goal of this seminar series is twofold: 1) to provide graduate students in the biochemistry and biophysics department an informal and low-stress environment to present their work and … Read more

Seminar: Heidi Hamm, PhD (Vanderbilt)

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

HEIDI HAMM, PHD ǀ Vanderbilt University                                                                                            Host: Judith Bond “Regulation of Exocytosis by inhibitory GPCRs and Gbg subunits”

Employee Appreciation Day

The PIT near student stores

Employee Appreciation Day: Oct. 18 - 7:30am - 2:00pm We Want Your Feedback!   Join your colleagues on Friday, Oct. 18 on campus in the Pit and Student Union for a day of celebrating UNC faculty and staff. The event will include a department and local business fair, food, live entertainment, carnival games, a caricature … Read more

Research in Progress Seminar: Kathryn Gunn, PhD (UNC)

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

KATHRYN GUNN, PHD ǀ University of North Carolina-CH                                                                     Lab: Saskia Neher “Catching a Glimpse of Lipoprotein Lipase” Lipoprotein Lipase (LPL) is a key enzyme for regulation of triglyceride levels in the blood. My research seeks to uncover new details about how the structure of LPL informs its regulation and function.

Seminar: Bing Zhang, PhD (Baylor)

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

BING ZHANG, PHD ǀ Baylor College of Medicine                                                                                     Host: Xian Chen “Proteogenomics: A New Avenue for Cancer Research” Proteogenomics is a new research field at the interface of genomics and proteomics. In this talk, I will introduce our computational infrastructure and bioinformatics tools for cancer proteogenomic data analysis. Using proteogenomics data from the Clinical … Read more

Fall BCBP Picnic

The Farm 1 Alice Ingram Circle, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

UNC FARM, 1 Alice Ingram Circle, Chapel Hill, 27517 BBQ Dinner, Costume contest (prizes for best individual and lab costume), Bake-off, Scarecrow building, marshmallow roast, candy for the young and young at heart, and fun other activities.

Student Thesis Defense: Frank Teets

Mentors: Klaus Hahn (Pharmacology) and Brian Kuhlman (BCBP) Dissertation title: "Function-Driven Approaches to the Design of Optogenetic Tools" Date and time: Friday, November 1, 2019 3:00pm (BCB graduate student) Plans after earning his PhD, Frank Teets has accepted a postdoctoral fellowship under Dr. Chris Bahl at the Institute for Protein Innovation at Harvard Medical School. … Read more