The Three Minute Thesis (3MT) is an academic competition that assists current graduate students with fostering effective presentation and communication skills. Participants have just three minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their research project to a non-specialist audience. 3MT was developed by The University of Queensland in 2008, and is now held in more than … Read more
On February 10th 2020, graduate student Odessa Goudy of Kuhlman lab gave a talk at Winter RosettaCON entitled, “Designing safer cancer immunotherapies: Autoinhibited PD-1 decoys.” Winter RosettaCON was held at the Simons Foundation, 160 Fifth Avenue in New York City, NY.
Odessa Goudy has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). Her proposal examined the role of a computationally designed autoinhibitory domain to investigate the impact of the actin depolymerizing factor at the nucleus. Throughout graduate school, Odessa Goudy’s broader outreach plans are to invite students into the laboratory through … Read more
Darex Vera-Rodríguez, Odessa Goudy, and Kiara Thompson all recently attended the annual Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico where scientists from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM meet to share scientific contributions and network with colleagues across the country.
The first inaugural UNC Biophysics Field Day, an afternoon of friendly competition to foster community among the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics students & faculty, was a huge success! Biophysics cohorts & faculty faced off in several rounds of science-themed challenges. Thank you to all of the organizers & participants: Amelia McCue, Odessa Goudy, Gage Leighton, Nick Randolph, Emily Beard, Xavier Bonner, and to Holly Shepherd, Wolfgang Bergmeier, Jill Dowen, Brian Strahl, & Steven Torchio.
Odessa Goudy in Kuhlman lab, and Nicole Arruda and Audra Bryan Ph.D. in Jill Dowen lab earned mentorship awards at UNC!
Odessa Goudy and Andrew Leaver-Fay of the Kuhlman lab presented at this year’s virtual Winter RosettaCON which ran from March 15th to 18th. RosettaCON is an international conference that connects Rosetta developers and users from around the world.
Dear Alumni and friends, We have so much to celebrate. There are over 200 news posts on our website, please look through all our content when you have time.
We would like to share that Shadow A Scientist, a graduate student-run organization that plans on-campus science outreach visits for students from underserved communities in NC, has been able to reach over 400 high school students!
Announcing our presentation award winners from our 2022 research retreat.
On October 14, 2022, the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics gathered on the Genetic Medicine building lawn to enjoy food, fellowship, games, and painting pumpkins. There were some sandwiches and fall-themed snacks and everyone had the chance to paint their own pumpkin with the design of their choice. This event also gave the first-year rotating … Read more
On May 19th, we celebrated the end of a successful year of student seminars with a departmental hosted lunch and award event for all our graduate students. Congratulations to our 8 peer-nominated awardees!
