5 years ago
Jesse Arp was nominated for the 2020 Dean’s performance awards
The Dean’s Performance Awards honor UNC School of Medicine staff members whose exemplary work.
Tag: News 2020
5 years ago
‘BAH-code’ reader senses gene-silencing tag in cells (Greg Wang)
Greg Wang, PhD, and colleagues have identified an evolutionarily conserved pathway responsible for “closing down” gene activity in the mammalian cell.
5 years ago
Shannon Speer earns her PhD in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program
Shannon Speer defended her dissertation under the guidance of Dr. Gary Pielak on November 10th, 2020 and received her PhD. The title of her dissertation is “Protein Complex Stability in Living Cells.”
5 years ago
Maness lab publishes research in Nature
Maness lab collaborated with Duke investigators on the BioID screening of synaptic proteins
5 years ago
Bergmeier lab research featured on the cover of the November 2020 issue of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH)!
In collaboration with a French institute, Bergmeier lab’s research is featured on several covers of the November 2020 issues of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH). This research first appeared in the July 2020 issue.
5 years ago
Justin Rectenwald earns his PhD!
Justin Rectenwald, under the direction of Dr. Ken Pearce and Dr. Stephen Frye, successfully defended his dissertation on November 5th, 2020 and received his PhD. The title of his dissertation is “TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR INHIBITOR DISCOVERY OF CHROMATIN ASSOCIATED PROTEINS LINKED TO LYSINE METHYLATION”
5 years ago
Vital Signs: Election Day Follow-Up
A Message from UNC SOM leadership: Last night was a long evening for many who stayed awake watching the election returns. It appears we are in for a delay in declaring a winner
5 years ago
Aleksandra Skrajna of McGinty lab publishes a 2020 breakthrough article in Nucleic Acids Research
The paper, Comprehensive nucleosome interactome screen establishes fundamental principles of nucleosome binding, was designated as a Breakthrough Article by NAR in 2020 which is an honor given to the top 1-2% of all papers.
5 years ago
Pet Sitting and Subsidized Childcare Resource Available – Juggle @ UNC
UNC Health/UNC School of Medicine has created a new partnership with Juggle, a babysitting and pet sitting app to support...
5 years ago
Researchers discover proton regulator of essential cancer microRNA
Zhang lab used nuclear magnetic resonance imagine to discover an RNA-centric mechanism for regulating the creation of a microRNA in response to environmental stimuli.
5 years ago
Odessa Goudy presented at 3MT finals
Odessa Goudy presented her thesis “From Computer Models to Cancer Drugs: Creating Inhibitor Proteins to Combat Cancer” in 3 minutes at the UNC Graduate School’s 3MT finals on October 21.
5 years ago
Student Spotlight: Najla Ward-Conyers
Najla Ward-Conyers, an undergraduate researcher in Neher lab was featured on the Chancellor’s Science Scholar website for 2020 University Research Week.