Defense: Christopher Shelby
2026-03-09 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York) | 1131 Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Biochemistry and Biophysics Student Defense:

Student:
Christopher Shelby (student of Dr. Brian Kuhlman)

Title:
“Enhancing enzymatic bioconjugation efficiency via computer-based installation of a substrate recruitment domain”

Date/location:
March 9, 2026
1:45 PM
Bioinformatics 1131

Seminar
2026-03-10 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-03-24 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-03-31 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-07 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-14 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-04-21 11:00 - 12:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
2026 Spring Seminar Series

Bagel breakfast
2026-03-11 11:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-13 11:00 - 12:00 | GMB 3rd floor atrium, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Spring semester – bagel breakfast series: The bagel breakfast is scheduled for the 2nd Wednesday of every other month during the semester.

Pi Day 2026
2026-03-13 14:30 - 15:30 | GMB 3rd floor atrium, 120 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, United States
Friday, March 13, 2026

Pie Day

Time: 2:30–3:30 PM

Location: 3rd Floor Lobby
Join us for Pi(e) Day!

Defense: Jingting Chen
2026-03-17 09:30 - 10:30 | MBRB G202, 111 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, 27599, United States
Jingting Chen (Brunk)
March 17, 9:30am
MBRB G202

Training event
2026-03-24 15:00 - 16:00 | NC
To Genetic Medicine third floor occupants,

We have a brand-new dishwasher and training with the company representative is scheduled for next Tuesday (3/24) at 3pm. As this dishwasher is configured differently from our current one, training is required for users. If you or your lab is interested, please email me (lmcarey@email.unc.edu) so I can provide the representative with a head count. Let me know if there are any questions!

Leiah M Carey, PhD
Research Associate
Campbell Lab
Dept of Biochemistry and Biophysics
UNC School of Medicine

Thesis Defense: Uriel Jean-Baptiste (Neher lab)
2026-04-08 14:00 - 15:00 | Marsico 5004, 125 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States
Defense Title: “Navigating New Frontiers in Lipase Regulation”

27th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research
2026-04-22 | NC
27th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research

Date & Time: Wednesday, April 22, 2026, from 12:15–5:30 PM

Location: Alumni Hall at the George Watts Hill Alumni Center

There will be five (5) sequential 50-minute poster sessions, starting at 12:20pm, 1:25 pm, 2:30 pm, 3:35 pm, and 4:40 pm.

Thesis Defense: Matthew Vander Ploeg
2026-04-30 15:00 - 16:00 | 1131 Bioinformatics, 130 Mason Farm Road, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Student: Matthew Vander Ploeg
Defense title “Integrin signaling and platelet migration: mechanistic insights and pathophysiological relevance”.
Bergmeier lab
It will be held at 3:00pm on Thursday April 30, 2026, in Bioinformatics 1131.

Thesis Defense: Sierra Cole (student of Dr. Amy Gladfelter)
2026-05-05 13:00 - 14:00 | Bondurant 2020, 321 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
Defense title: “Sequence and structure of protein binding sites in RNA impact biomolecular condensates”

UNC Hooding
2026-05-09 09:00 - 10:30 | Dean E. Smith Center, 300 Skipper Bowles Drive, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514, United States
The Graduate School’s Hooding Ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 9, 2026, at 9:00 AM. in the Dean E. Smith Center.
Please share your event photos with Carolyn Clabo

Spring Commencement
2026-05-09 19:00 - 20:30 | NC
The 2026 Spring Commencement ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at Kenan Stadium.
Additional information about 2026 Spring Commencement weekend, including the departmental ceremony schedule, will be released later in the fall semester.

All member Town Hall
2026-05-14 12:00 - 13:00 | NC
Thursday 12noon in GMB 3007
