1 year ago
Congratulations to our graduate student Ike Emerson on earning the People's Choice Award at the 2024 UNC's Three Minute Thesis finals. His presentation title was "The Spark of Cardiac Sex Differences."
1 year ago
A new study from the lab of Pengda Liu, PhD, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics, has identified a new biological function of 2’3’-cGAMP in the control of cell migration and cancer metastasis. This research also provides further insights into statin drugs that block cell migration.
1 year ago
Ike Emerson, a 5th year grad student in the Conlon lab, is one of the finalists who will compete at The Three Minute Thesis. His talk title is "The Spark of Cardiac Sex Differences."
1 year ago
Special recognition to Dr. Brian Kuhlman at UNC, whose work during his postdoc with David Baker contributed to this groundbreaking achievement. Dr. Kuhlman's contributions are referenced in the Nobel Prize documentation, see Ref. #17 is Kuhlman et al. From page 7 Nobel Prize doc. "The breakthrough in computational de novo protein design came in 2003 when David Baker and coworkers published the design and crystallographic validation of a 93-residue α/β-protein named Top7.” read more...
1 year ago
Jack Griffith, PhD, whose work focuses on the use of electron microscopy, has been contributing to research at Carolina for 46 years. Read about Jack's research.
1 year ago
Sarah E. Harris under the direction of Dr. Daniel Dominguez successfully defended her dissertation on September 16, 2024, and received her PhD!
1 year ago
Learn about campus resources and how Tar Heels are using outreach and research to prioritize on campus and beyond.
1 year ago
The Liu lab consists of a group of young scientists with passion for biomedical research. The goal of Liu lab is to better understand deregulated signaling events in cancer to search for new drug targets and develop new treatment modalities. One focus of the Liu lab is on the ubiquitin/kinase signaling to define cancer type …
1 year ago
Graduate student Abby Kordeliski has had the final version of her paper “4D intravital imaging studies identify platelets as the predominant cellular procoagulant surface in a mouse hemostasis model” published in Blood along with the cover image. Abby works in the Wolfgang Bergmeier laboratory in Mary Ellen Jones Building, Congratulations Abby!
1 year ago
In April 2024 we announced the leadership for the postdoc committee: Ajit Prakash PhD is serving as the chair and Logan Slade PhD is serving as vice chair. In November 2024, Logan Slade PhD will serve as Chair and will seek a vice chair. read more
1 year ago
Counseling and Psychological Services team offers 24 options to help Tar Heels talk through specific issues.
1 year ago
Brian Strahl, PhD, was promoted to Associate Dean for Basic Research for UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine on September 1, 2024. He reports to the Vice Dean for Research, Blossom Damania, PhD, and focuses on overseeing the infrastructure, communication and development necessary to bolster the growing research enterprise of the SOM. He has been …
