Throughout the year we will be highlighting research scholars in our labs. Read more about Joshua Boyer in Zhang lab.

Gary Pielak Kenan Distinguished Professor of Chemistry,

Congratulations to Professor Gary Pielak, Claire Stewart, and Ashlee Propst for having their research highlighted on the May issue of Protein Science! Their paper, “Resolving the enthalpy of protein stabilization by macromolecular crowding“

This episode features Dr. Chrystal Starbird, Assistant Professor at UNC Chapel Hill who talks about X-Ray Crystallography, a "rival" to CryoEM. She breaks crystallography down for the average listener.

Venkata R Chirasani wearing a Carolina shirt in alab

Dr. Venkata R Chirasani will be joining as the director of R.L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics core facility at UNC-Chapel Hill on May 1st, 2023.

The Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Research Awards are awarded annually to outstanding undergraduate researchers. These awards were applied to the undergraduate’s research projects in the summer of 2023.

Congratulations to Amelia McCue and Thanh Phan, who have been selected to receive a Dissertation Completion Fellowship from The Graduate School for AY2023-2024!

Faculty (L to R) Rebecca Berlow, Brian Kuhlman, Ron Swanstrom, Wolfgang Bergmeier, and Rick Baker

Our faculty: Rebecca Berlow, Brian Kuhlman, Ron Swanstrom, Wolfgang Bergmeier, and Rick Baker went out for a social on April 13, 2023, at Boshamer Stadium to watch the UNC vs Miami baseball game.

The Brantley Award is given out to senior Biology majors for excellence in research in molecular, cell and developmental Biology. Maguire was mentored by Abid Khan in the Strahl lab.

The dissertation award is the highest level of graduate student scholarship. Recipients of the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award are making outstanding contributions.

The UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine’s Cryo Electron Microscopy Core is excited to announce that were awarded North Carolina Biotechnology Center Innovation Impact Grant (GII) for the acquisition of a Thermo-Fischer Scientific (TFS) micro-crystal electron diffraction (microED) package. This package includes an upgraded camera sensor (Ceta D camera, which is a type of CMOS based CCD camera designed specifically for collecting electron diffraction data) and software EPU-D for collecting MicroED data with their existing cryo-transmission electron microscope.

Our new Director of Finance and Administration, Latasha Mingo, will join the department on April 17, 2023.

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Tag: News 2023

Research Scholar Spotlight: Joshua A. Boyer PhD

Pielak Lab Featured on the cover of Protein Science

Dr. Chrystal Starbird explains x-ray crystallography on NerdRx Podcast

Dr. Venkata R Chirasani named new director for R.L. Juliano Structural Bioinformatics core

Congrats to Owen Young of Pielak lab on receiving the Chapel Family undergraduate research award

Amelia McCue and Thanh Phan receive Dissertation Fellowships!

Faculty attend the UNC vs Miami baseball game on April 13

Undergrad researcher McGuire Metts in Strahl lab receives Brantley Award

Cathy Spangler was Recognized at 2023 UNC Graduate School Celebration on April 12!

Cryo-EM Core awarded a North Carolina Biotechnology Center innovation Impact Grant

Latasha Mingo will serve as our new Director of Finance and Administration

Summer Care: UNC students may still access Campus Health and CAPS during the summer