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postdoc Jun Wang first co-author publishes in Nature Genetics “Histone H3 proline 16 hydroxylation regulates mammalian gene expression”

November 9, 2022

This publication is the result of collaboration with many researchers from UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics, Lineberger, University of Texas Southwestern, University of Edinburgh, Center for Epigenetics-Van Andel Institute, and Yale. First co-authors are Drs. Xijuan Liu and Jun Wang. Congratulations on your publication in Nature! Subjects: Breast cancer, Epigenetics, Gene Expression.

2022 BCBP Spring Seminar Series announced

January 18, 2022

— January 25 (Virtual) Elizabeth Kellogg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular Biology & Genetics Cornell University Host: Brian Kuhlman Title: Mechanistic studies of CRISPR-associated transposons (CAST) using cryo-EM   February 8 (Virtual) Peter Penzes, Ph.D., Director, Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment Northwestern University -Host: Patricia Maness Title: Synaptic biology of ankyrin   February 15 … Read more

2018 UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminars

November 15, 2018

Spring 2018 JANUARY 16 VICTORIA D’ SOUZA, PHD ǀ Harvard UniversityHost: Qi Zhang “Unraveling Viral RNA Genomes: One Segment at a time” Joint Seminar with the UNC Program in Molecular & Cellular Biophysics JANUARY, 30 UNC BIOCHEMISTRY & BIOPHYSICS GRADUATE STUDENT INVITED LECTURE BILL CLEMONS, PHD ǀ Cal Tech “Structural insights into the targeting of tail-anchored membrane … Read more

National Cancer Institute-funded center to study proteins for better cancer diagnosis, treatment

September 26, 2011

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and Boise State University have been named partners in one of five US centers that will use genetic data to search for proteins that are abnormally made by cancer cells. The partnerships form the new Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Department History

January 31, 2008

This section began with information courtesy of Dr. Thomas Traut in 2008. Updated January 2025. The Department of Biological Chemistry became an independent academic unit in 1935. In the earlier years of the twentieth century, the subject of biochemistry had been taught at UNC-Chapel Hill by professors holding an appointment within the Department of Physiology. Before … Read more