A research team in the Departments of Biology, Biochemistry, and Genetics, has identified a key focal point in the biological processes that control cell identity and can lead to disease when mutated. (Congrats to Venkat R. Chirasani, Krzysztof Krajewski, Brian D. Strahl, Jill M. Dowen, and all authors). Publication in Genes and Development, "Evidence for dual roles of histone H3 lysine 4 in antagonizing Polycomb group function and promoting target gene expression."

Research (by Xian Chen and Ling Xie and all authors) has unveiled a crucial role for a protein called PDAP1 in hepatitis A virus infection of the liver. Details of the new discovery were published in Science Advances.

The biochemistry and biophysics department's postdoc committee Introduces new Chair Logan Slade PhD of Cook lab.

Robert H. Lee PhD Research Assistant Professor won Best Oral Presentation award at the 19th International Symposium on Blood Substitutes for his talk entitled “Interpretation of platelet signaling defects in Thromboelastography” This conference was held November 14-18, 2024 at the Gaylord National Harbor, a spectacular venue on the Potomac river immediately adjacent to Washington, DC, with views of the Washington Monument.

Congratulations to Kanishk Jain on his new Assistant Professor position with the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Abigail Kordeliski under the direction of Dr. Wolfgang Bergmeier successfully defended her dissertation on November 4, 2024 and received her PhD! Program: Biochemistry and Biophysics The title of her dissertation was “The role of small GTPases in platelet coagulation interplay.” During her time in our PhD program, Abigail served on...

The Microbiology Society has awarded the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Prize 2025 to Dr. Nikea Pittman and her colleagues from Black Microbiologists Association for their outstanding contributions in promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion within the field.

KC Copper at the Puttery in Charlotte, NC. A place to play putt putt while enjoying a mixed drink or food.

Meet KC Cooper, research technician. Her work is focused on cGAS-like enzymes in prokaryotes and their role in anti-phage defense in the Jenson lab.

Special thanks to our Equipment Committee co-chairs: Leiah Carey PhD, Research Associate in the Campbell lab and Jesse Arp, Accountant for all their hard work to get this award for the UNC biochemistry and biophysics department.

We remain one of the most hashtag#NIH-funded hashtag#biochemistry programs in the nation, according to the most recent Blue Ridge Institute rankings. We are proud of all our hashtag#research teams for their hard work and accomplishments! Since our founding in 1935, we are proud to have contributed important scientific advances, and we routinely rank among the top departments in the field. In 2023 we ranked 5th overall for NIH funding and 4th for public institutions.

Four Biochemistry and Biophysics graduate students have received Prestigious External Fellowships. Congratulations to Abigail Ballard Kordeliski in Bergmeier lab, Dalia Fleifel in Cook lab, Dillon Sloan in Baker lab, and Anna Wheless in Neher lab!

This study, “A genomic database furnishes minimal functional glycyl-tRNA synthetases homologous to other, designed class II urzymes”, now Online in Nucleic Acids Research journal with open access, was driven by first author Dr. Sourav Kumar Patra. Carter lab previously designed the urzymes but this time we found it from natural source. Which Supports our AI driven study of Urzyme model throughout past many years.

Tag: News 2024

UNC Scientists Discover New Details of Gene Regulation

New Publication in Science Advances: Scientists Implicate a Novel Cellular Protein in Hepatitis A Infection

Postdoc committee Introduces new Chair Logan Slade PhD

Dr. Robert Lee won Best Oral Presentation Award

Kanishk Jain accepts faculty position at the University of Minnesota

Congrats to Abigail Kordeliski who earned her PhD!

Dr. Nikea Pittman and Colleagues Receive International Recognition: Inaugural EDI Prize 2025 by Microbiology Society

Welcome Research staff KC Cooper to BCBP and Jenson lab

BCBP Equipment Committee Awarded $40K for a new autoclave!

UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics NIH Funding Ranks 4th among Public Universities

Prestigious External Fellowship Winners announced

New study unveils, a natural evidence of minimal functional aminoacyl tRNA synthetase Urzyme model fetched from genomic database