By deleting the NrCAM gene, scientists have found a potential way to cut back on the neural connections implicated in Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Sixteen years after scientists found the genes that control the circadian clock in all cells, the lab of UNC’s Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, discovered the mechanisms responsible for keeping the clock in sync.

The Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics holds a reception on August 11th to welcome in our new graduate students.

Congratulations to Stephani Page who received the 2014 Diane Harris Leadership Award for her exemplary public service as doctoral student in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.

Congratulations to the Strahl Lab for their recent article "Catalysis-dependent stabilization of Bre1 fine-tunes Histone H2B ubiquitylation to regulation gene transcription" that was published in the August 1, 2014 issue of Genes and Development.

Congratulations to the Swanstrom lab that published an article titled "A fitness bottleneck in HIV-1 transmission" in the July 11, 2014 issue of Science.

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Isom a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Henrick Dohlman's lab who is one of the recipients this year of a Joseph S. Pagano award

For more than 20 years, Sharon Campbell, PhD, has been studying Ras, a protein implicated in 30 percent of all cancers. Now she’s on the hunt for alternative ways to shut the protein down.

Cassandra Hayne (left) and Amy Howard (right)

Amy Howard (biophysics student) has joined Cassandra Hayne (biochemistry student) as the new student representative for the department.

Congratulations to Erin Shanle, a postdoc in the Strahl Lab, on her review in Nature Methods.

Michael Miley, PhD and Ashutosh Tripathy, PhD announced as the new co-directors for the UNC Center for Structural Biology (CSB). CSB has also launched a brand new website.

Congratulations to Dr. Yacine Boulaftali in the Bergmeier lab who received a 2014 UNC Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence.

Tag: News_2014

UNC researchers link gene to increased dendritic spines – a signpost of autism

Sancar lab finds final pieces to the circadian clock puzzle

Welcome reception for our 2014 entering class

Grad Student Stephani Page receives Diane Harris award

Strahl Lab publishes in Genes and Development

A fitness bottleneck in HIV-1 transmission

Daniel Isom receives a 2014 UNC Pagano Award for a best first-author postdoctoral paper

The Ras Tracker

Meet the new student representatives for 2014-2015

Postdoc Erin Shanle authors a review in Nature Methods.

UNC Center for Structural Biology Names New Co-Directors

Postdoc Yacine Boulaftali receives UNC Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence