3 pies in a row on top two other photos in this collage with members eating pie

UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics department celebrated Pi Day on March 14, 2023. Our event was well attended. Thank you to the BCBP social committee for this fun event.

Trivia night was a blast Spring 2023 faculty postdocs and students smiling

Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty gathered to compete in Trivia at Linda's Bar and Grill during our third happy hour of the school year.

image of molecules and a hatching egg image

Scientists understand that about four billion years ago the basic molecules of biological life on Earth arose from a primordial soup of chemicals. But how did this process occur? Questions remain unanswered about exactly how the chaos of chemicals became ordered biology.

Brian Strahl, the interim chair and professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the UNC School of Medicine, and Samantha Pattenden, associate professor at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy. (Photo by Sarah Daniels, Innovate Carolina)

The growing field of epigenetics holds the promise of future treatments for those facing cancer and rare diseases. Yet at the University, it’s not just the breakthrough potential of the field itself that’s exciting. It’s also how researchers from different departments are teaming up to push the science further and faster than they could do alone.

photo of face of Aziz Sancar at nobel event at David library April 2016 with yellow flowers in background

Scientists at the lab of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz Sancar MD PhD have made the surprising discovery that a molecule called EdU, which is commonly used in laboratory experiments to label DNA, is in fact recognized by human cells as DNA damage, triggering a runaway process of DNA repair that is eventually fatal to affected cells, including cancer cells. This is worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.

"Mentoring awards from UNC OGE Awards for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring" 7 photos of winners including Sharon Campbell

Sharon Campbell, PhD, Gary F. Liebscer Distinguished Professor receives award for outstanding mentorship!

Gary Pielak receives a Johnston Teaching Award! Read about the 2023 Chapman and Johnson teaching award winners who share thoughtful reflection on the teachers who inspired them to be better instructors.

The March 2023 cover of The Journal of Cell Biology shows a maximum projection of Ashyba gossypii expressing the septin Cdc11a-GFP where color corresponds to the Z-height. This research image is from Kevin Cannon PhD...

Xavier Bonner a diverse graduate student standing by a building with pilars

The Graduate School magazine highlighted Xavier Bonner a HIV researcher for Black History Month on February 27, 2023.

Our Distinguished Joint Professor Jack Griffith, PhD, and postdoc Taghreed Al-Turki, PhD, found that telomeres at the tips of chromosomes contain sufficient genetic information to produce two small proteins, one of which they found is elevated in some human cancer cells.

Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research

In 2022, we ranked 8th best in NIH funding among all Biochemistry departments in the nation, securing over $18.5 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and 7th among public institutions.

The UNC School of Medicine Office of Research is working to expand the number of faculty in its Faculty Collaboration Database.

Tag: News 2023

BCBP celebrated Pi Day 2023

BCBP Trivia Night was a blast!

Exploring The Beginnings of Life

A Convergent Code

Killing Cancerous Brain Cells

Sharon Campbell receives an Award for Excellent in Basic Science Mentoring

Gary Pielak awarded the 2023 Johnston Teaching Excellence Award

Postdoc Kevin Cannon has the cover article in the March 2023 issue of Journal of Cell Biology

Student Spotlight: Xavier Bonner

Scientists make stunning discovery, find new protein activity in telomeres (Jack Griffith)

We rank 8th nationally in NIH funding in 2022

Faculty: Submit Information for SOM Office of Research Database