Week of January 3
(faculty, staff, alumni) New pub in EMBO: Functional conservation and divergence of the helix-turn-helix motif of E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes
(alumni, all) Top Tweets on Twitter for 2021
(DEI) Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Training – SOM DEI Certificate Program
(Faculty, Staff) Faculty/staff: the New Year is a great time to enroll in DEI training and the DEI Certificate Program
(DEI, UNC) Equity: Winter 2021 is online!
Week of January 10
(student) Aaztli Coria earns her PhD on January 4th, 2021!
(wellness, student) Mental health financial aid for students
(DEI, UNC) UNC School of Medicine Summer Program Directory
Week of January 17
(UNC, faculty) Teaching Awards honor 25 educators (Brenda Temple)
(faculty) Pendga Liu awarded $150,000 Ewing sarcoma research grant
(UNC, faculty) A common antimicrobial triggers gut inflammation (Matthew Redinbo)
(all) 2022 BCBP Spring Seminar Series announced
(student) Nazli Deger, Fulbright Scholar in Sancar lab, earns her PhD in Quantitative Biology!
(alumni) 2007 Alumnus Matthew Torres PhD receives 2022 ASPET Early Career Award
(alumni) 2016 BCBP Alumnus Patrick E. Lackey will compete on JEOPARDY
(wellness, UNC) Achieve life goals with these 5 tips
(wellness) Tips for a Healthy New Year for improved Mental Health
Week of January Jan 24
(student) Highlighted Organization: Shadow A Scientist, breaks down barriers (co-founded by BCBP student Odessa Goudy)
(student) UNC Graduate students can join the team of summer PEERS mentors
(alumni) Alum Carrie Partch PhD will receive the 2022 NAS Award in Molecular Biology
(alumni, all) Update: Chair candidate finalists visit Jan 26 through Feb 10
(DEI) Community events (Black History Month)
(faculty, postdoc) Ground-Breaking Study Reveals Dynamics of DNA Replication ‘Licensing’ (Jean Cook & Liu Mei)
(faculty, UNC) Ting, Temple, Franz, Hubbard Honored with UNC Teaching Awards
(faculty) Goldstein and Barbour: Priming the economic engine (Higher Ed Works)
Week of January Jan 31
(student) BCBP Grad Student Uriel Jean-Baptiste of Neher lab named IMSD Peer Mentor of the month!
(faculty, postdoc) How does DNA damage occur? UNC scientists report a breakthrough (WRAL Tech Wire)
(DEI) Be Inspired by Diverse Scientists
(student, all) BCBP ETF provides 2022 Green Lab program update
(DEI, faculty) The PROMISE Study seeks Early Career Faculty UR biomedical researchers
(faculty, staff) UNC’s Cryo-EM Core facility develops new methodology for high-speed and high-resolution cryogenic electron microscopy technology
(faculty) Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty Jan. 2022 (Charlie Carter, Pendga Liu, Saskia Neher, Greg Wang)