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2010

  • Matthew Redinbo, PhD

    Calcium key to ‘legless’ bacteria

    The team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that a single atom—a calcium, in fact—can control how bacteria walk.

  • NEW BIOCHEMISTRY COURSES

    We are introducing 4 new courses for Fall 2010 and Spring 2011!

  • Grad Students Andrew Hemmert and Charles Davis awarded the 2010 Diane Harris Leadership Award

    Congratulations to Andrew Hemmert and Charles Davis for being dual recipients of the 2010 Diane Harris Leadership Award.

  • Jean Cook, PhD

    Jean Cook recieves an Academy of Educators teaching award

    Congratulations to Jean Cook, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who was selected as a recipient of a 2010 Basic Science Preceptor Excellence in Teaching Award by the Academy of Educators at UNC-CH School of Medicine.

  • Ashley Rivenbark, PhD

    Rivenbark receives the ASIP Excellence in Science Award

    Ashley Rivenbark, PhD The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) announces that Ashley G. Rivenbark, PhD, a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of North Carolina School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2010 ASIP Excellence in Science Award. This prestigious award recognizes outstanding achievement at the earliest stages … Continued

  • Ben Hill, Andy Hemmert, and Jon Edwards (click on picture to view larger)

    UNC graduate students winners at 2010 Global Venture Challenge

    Ben Hill, Andy Hemmert, and Jon Edwards (click on picture to view larger) Andy Hemmert, Jon Edwards, and Ben Hill comprised the team of UNC graduate students who competed and won third place and a $5,000 cash prize to be split amongst them at the 4th Annual Global Venture Challenge hosted by Oak Ridge National … Continued

  • Brian Strahl, PhD

    Brian Strahl presenting Hettleman Lecture on March 26, 2010

    Brian Strahl, PhD HETTLEMAN LECTURES The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Chancellor Holden Thorp Invite you to attend lectures by two of our most distinguished young scholars: Winners of the 2009 Phillip & Ruth Hettleman Prizes ~for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement ~ Dr. Brian Strahl, Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics … Continued

  • Jeanette Cook, PhD

    Jean Cook Receives 2010 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship

    Congratulations to Dr. Jeanette Cook, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, who received the 2010 Jefferson-Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine.

  • Andrew Hemmert, doctoral student

    Grad Student Andrew Hemmert receives 2010 GEAB Impact Award

    Congratulations to Andrew Hemmert, doctoral student of Biochemistry & Biophysics whose research was recognized by the Graduate Education Advancement Board (GEAB) at UNC-CH.

  • Aziz Sancar, PhD

    DNA Repair Mechanisms: the Work of Aziz Sancar

    Congratulations to Dr. Aziz Sancar, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics whose work was reprinted as a classic to commemorate the centennial of the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

  • Sharon Campbell, PhD

    New paradigms in Ras research

    Ras is a family of genes encoding small GTPases involved in cellular signal transduction. If their signals are dysregulated, Ras proteins can cause cancer. Dr. Sharon Campbell explains her lab’s research into a novel mechanism for regulation of Ras proteins by reactive free radical species.

  • Tae-Hong Kang, PhD

    Tae-Hong Kang receives UNC Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence

    Congratulations to Tae-Hong Kang, postdoctoral fellow in Aziz Sancar’s lab in the Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics, who received a UNC Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence for the 2009-2010 academic year.

  • Yi Zhang, PhD

    Yi Zhang receives the first Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award

    Congratulations to Dr. Yi Zhang, Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who was awarded the first Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award

  • Computer Simulations Point to Key Molecular Basis of Cystic Fibrosis

    Dr. Nikolay Dokholyan, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics and colleagues at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have identified a key molecular mechanism that may account for the development of cystic fibrosis.

  • Beverly Errede, PhD

    Beverly Errede Elected as an Associate Fellow to the UNC Academy of Educators

    Congratulations to Dr. Beverly Errede, a Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, who was recently elected as an Associate Fellow to the 2008 UNC Academy of Educators in recognition of her outstanding teaching efforts at UNC-Chapel Hill.

  • Genetic Medicine building

    We’ve Moved!

    The Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics has move to the new Genetic Medicine Building.

  • Nikolay Dokholyan, PhD

    Dokholyan Awarded Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award

    Dr. Nikolay Dokholyan, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, has been awarded a Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award as well as a research grant from the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

  • Aziz Sancar, PhD

    Aziz Sancar Elected to National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

    The National Academy of Sciences is an award of the highest scientific honor.

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