5 years ago
UNC SOM Annual Faculty Meeting: Share your feedback
Please take a moment to complete a brief survey and share your thoughts on the School of Medicine’s annual faculty meeting, held Oct. 14.
Tag: News 2020
5 years ago
David Paul, PhD and Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD publish latest research in Blood
Talin-1 is the principal platelet Rap1 effector of integrin activation PLATELETS AND THROMBOPOIESIS September 3, 2020 Recent Blood paper publication, collaborated with Mark Ginsberg, MD at UCSD to identify a unique mechanism regulating integrin-mediated platelet adhesion at sites of vascular injury
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Tackling tough challenges
By fostering collaborative research teams, Carolina is accelerating new discoveries and solutions to emerging challenges. Read the UNC.edu feature on some of the work faculty, students, postdocs, and fellows are spearheading.
5 years ago
Odessa Goudy makes it to Three Minute Thesis finals
Congratulations to graduate student Odessa Goudy in the Brian Kuhlman lab for making it to the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) finals! As part of the UNC Research Week, the Finals will be live streamed on October 21, 2000 at 7 pm. Please cheer on Odessa virtually on Wednesday night.
5 years ago
Kathryn Gunn receives the 2020 Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence
Kathryn Gunn received the 2020 Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence (PARE) from UNC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. The 2020 PARE Awards ceremony will be held virtually on October 20, 2020 3-4:30pm. Kathryn Gunn PhD and the other awardees will give a brief presentation at the ceremony.
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Graduate Student Cathy Spangler in McGinty lab uses cryo-EM to determine structure of cGAS
Cathy Spangler published a paper in collaboration with Joshua Boyer, Joshua Strauss, Andrew Cesmat, Pengda Liu, Robert McGinty, and Qi Zhang, titled "Structural basis of nucleosome-dependent cGAS inhibition."
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Wolfgang Bergmeier appointed to Haima Therapeutics Scientific Advisory Board
Haima Therapeutics, a pre-clinical biotechnology company focused on developing platelet-inspired therapies to mitigate bleeding dysfunctions, announced today the appointment of Wolfgang Bergmeier to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Bergmeier is a world-renowned scientist and key opinion leader in platelet biology, hemostasis, and thrombosis. He is currently a Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at The …
5 years ago
Researchers Reveal Safeguarding of a Key DNA Sensor in the Innate Immune System
Led by Qi Zhang, PhD, and Robert McGinty, MD, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill scientists used cryo-electron microscopy technology to produce the first-ever high-resolution structure of the protein cGAS bound to the DNA packaging unit inside human cell nuclei, revealing how cGAS responds to foreign or damaged DNA, but not the body’s healthy DNA.
5 years ago
Ramsden, Gupta awarded 5-year, $8.8 million grant to study an enzyme that has important implications for breast and ovarian cancer
The National Cancer Institute has awarded a team led by UNC Lineberger’s Dale Ramsden, PhD, professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, a five-year, $8.8 million program project grant to study an enzyme called DNA polymerase theta. This enzyme is part of an important pathway that repairs damage to genomes, with particular significance …
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New faculty support website centralizes key resources
Developed to easily reach faculty, the site connects to key resources for well-being, racism and equity and teaching.
5 years ago
UNC-Chapel Hill ranked 30th in 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities
Carolina also ranked in the top 20 for 11 academic subject areas according to the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities released by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy on August 15.
5 years ago
Wentao Li accepts faculty position at University of Georgia
Congratulations to Dr. Wentao Li on his new Assistant Professor position with the Department of Environmental Health Science at University of Georgia.