Sarah Williams will be BCBP’s new Pre-Award Specialist beginning December 6, 2021.

“For many, many people this will be a really important drug,” Dr. Ronald Swanstrom told @NBCNews about an antiviral pill for COVID-19.

The Coronavirus Variant Sequencing (CORVASEQ) Surveillance Program, led by a team of UNC researchers, has detected the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant in North Carolina. Together, members of the program have sequenced more than 10,000 samples from COVID-19 positive patients to track the spread and development of the virus across the state.

Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Joyce Tan and VC for Research Terry Magnuson reflect on the progress of...

Advisors: Wolfgang Bergmeier and Alisa Wolberg. Poster Title: "The Small Gtpase Rap1 in Platelets Is Critical for Arterial but Not Venous Thrombosis in Mice" December 12, 2021.

ASCB poster Reem Hakeem Bear lab BCBP 12.2021

On December 7, 2021, our graduate students: Sierra Cole & Brandy Curtis (Gladfelter lab), Reem Hakeem (Bear Lab), and Kelsey Murphy (Maness lab) presented posters...

Kevin Cannon giving a zoom talk with scientific images

Kevin Cannon, Ph.D., a postdoc in Baker lab, and a Gladfelter lab alum, gave a talk on septins at CellBio2021 on December 6, 2021.

Congratulations to Dr. Jibo “Dylan” Zhang of Brian Strahl’s lab who successfully defended his Ph.D. and as of winter 2021, a UNC and BCBP alumnus!

Members of the Strahl, Kuhlman, and Baker Labs took a chilly plunge in nearby Fantasy Lake.

AlxB: Building a Collaborative Ecosystem for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and the Biological Sciences Corbin Jones, College of Arts & Sciences, PI; Stan Ahalt, RENCI, co-PI; Chris Bizon, RENCI; Brian Strahl, Jeremy Simon, and Piotr Mieczkowski, School of Medicine; Bob Duronio, College of Arts & Sciences; Alex Tropsha, Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Read the full list of the finalists.

Internal Alert: Please review the details below based on recommendations from our Infection Prevention experts for any workplace gatherings and note that event organizers are expected to review and follow these guidelines...

Gabby Dardis tells us why walking, as simple as it seems, is still good for us.

Tag: News 2021

Sarah Williams will be BCBP’s new Pre-Award Specialist

Dr. Ronald Swanstrom quoted in NBC News about an antiviral pill for COVID-19

UNC-Led CORVASEQ Surveillance Program Detects Omicron Variant in North Carolina

Carolina’s Research Perseveres through the Pandemic — and Beyond

Grad student, Jean Marie Mwiza poster displayed at #ASH21 Conference

Grad students submit Abstracts and posters for ASCB #CellBio2021

Postdoc Kevin Cannon PhD gives talk at CellBio2021 virtual conference

Congratulations to our new Ph.D. Jibo “Dylan” Zhang!

Bunch of biochemists scuba diving

2021-2022 Creativity Hubs Finalists Announced

UNC Health issues Guidance on Workplace Gatherings Over the Holidays

Graduate student Gabby Dardis “Decrease Your Mortality Risk in Just 10,000 Easy Steps!” (SWAC article)