3 years ago
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
3 years ago
Thank you to the nearly 500 faculty members who took time to attend and actively participate in the UNC School of Medicine’s Annual Faculty Meeting. Recordings from the meeting, including the breakout room sessions, are now available.
4 years ago
Celebrating Black excellence in the cardiovascular field. Raising awareness on cardiovascular diseases in the Black community. Trending on Twitter for #BlackInCardioWeek October 19-25, 2020.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
The PROMISE Study is a multi-site collaboration between UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University. PROMISE seeks to address the widespread under-representation (UR) in the biomedical (behavioral and biomedical health related) research workforce, including underrepresentation of several racial/ethnic groups.
4 years ago
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.
4 years ago
UNC Health CEO Dr. Wesley Burks provides an update on the system’s work to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture, highlights the recent DEI survey, the work of the System Executive DEI Council, and some immediate actions already underway.
4 years ago
Wesley Burks, MD, CEO of UNC Health and Dean of the UNC School of Medicine, provides an update on the system’s work to build a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture, highlights the recent DEI survey, the work of the System Executive DEI Council, and some immediate actions already underway. Read or watch the message.
4 years ago
Xavier Bonner is a doctoral student in the Swanstrom lab. While an undergraduate student at Morehouse College, he participated in a research program co-sponsored by the Biophysical Society and UNC-Chapel Hill. “This experience not only cemented my dedication to attaining a Ph.D. in biochemistry but also developed my passion for solving problems we face in the biochemistry/biophysics field,” he says. Bonner serves as the first president of the student-led Society for Black Biomedical Scientists at UNC-Chapel Hill.
4 years ago
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."
4 years ago
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 …
