Leslie Parise Ph.D. (photo credit Jon Gardiner)

Congratulations to Leslie Parise, professor and chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics on her election as the new President of AMGDB to begin in January, 2018.

Benfeard successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on March 24, 2017.

Megan DeMarco, our new Pre-Award Grants Manager, is currently working on generating proposals with several Biochemistry & Biophysics faculty.

After 9 years of dedicated service to the Department, Amanda will transition into a new position in the Office of Sponsored Research on March 27, 2017.

The Office of Faculty Governance at UNC is pleased to announce the 2017 Chair of the Faculty candidates: Leslie Parise and Lloyd Kramer. Voting takes place on April 7th!

(left to right) Hanna Trzeciakiewicz and Candice Crilly

Congratulations to Candice Crilly and Hanna Trzeciakiewicz for receiving Predoctoral Fellowships from the National Science Foundation!

Seth successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on March 17, 2017.

Carolyn Clabo will lead our Communications and Development efforts for the UNC School of Medicine department of biochemistry and biophysics beginning March 27. Ms. Clabo will manage all website and digital content.

Cassandra Hayne, working with Saskia Neher, PhD, found that a specific mutated version of a lipoprotein binds more effectively to liver cells, thus explaining decreased levels of triglycerides in blood.

Congratulations to Wolfgang Bergmeier, associate professor of biochemistry and biophysics who was just named as a new associate editor for the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.

Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, Nobel Laureate (Photo by Max Englund, UNC School of Medicine)

Congratulations to Qi Zhang, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics who received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)!

Chris Selby, PhD; Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD; and Ogun Adebali, PhD

Findings come from an advanced DNA sequencing application developed by the lab of University of North Carolina Nobel Laureate Aziz Sancar.

Tag: News 2017

Parise Nominated as President-Elect of AMGDB

Grad student Benfeard Williams receives his PhD

Welcome Megan DeMarco our new Pre-Award Grants Manager

Department bids farewell to Amanda

Leslie Parise and Lloyd Kramer vie for UNC Chair of Faculty

Two biochemistry and biophysics grad students awarded NSF Fellowships

Grad student Seth Zimmerman receives his PhD

Carolyn Clabo serves as Communications and Development lead

UNC research helps answer why genetic mutation leads to decreased triglycerides in blood

Bergmeier nominated to serve as an associate editor for JTH

Zhang receives a CAREER award from the NSF

How Life Survives: UNC researchers confirm basic mechanism of DNA repair