6 days ago
Carolina Scientific Magazine showcases research in our department
Over half the articles in Fall 2025's issue feature our labs—discover 14 stories of innovation and student-driven science in UNC’s top research magazine!
Tag: Alumni News
2 months ago
Tar Heel Tuesday Challenge Ends Soon – December 31 at 11:59 PM EST
We’re excited to announce that we are teaming up with UNC Health for the Tar Heel Tuesday Challenge—a special fundraising event dedicated to advancing the success of our graduate students. Your contributions directly support student stipends, research travel, recruitment, and seminar opportunities...
3 months ago
Tar Heal Tuesday is on December 2, 2025!
Join Us for the 10th Annual Tar Heal Tuesday! We’re looking for enthusiastic advocates to help spread the word and generous donors to make an impact.
3 months ago
Join Our Community—Support the Next Generation of Scientific Leaders
We invite prospective students to discover the wide-ranging educational opportunities and supportive networks within our department. Our commitment to fostering innovative research and leadership extends to multiple pathways, including our PhD, certificate, and master’s programs.
3 months ago
A flexible, allosteric loop regulates protein activity and rewires electrostatics
Congratulations to Darex Vera Rodriquez, PhD, from the Lee lab, who earned his degree on September 15, 2025. A major part of his dissertation was recently published in The Protein Society journal as “A flexible, allosteric loop regulates protein activity and rewires electrostatics.” Read more...
6 months ago
Congratulations to our new PhD, Dr. Dalia Fleifel!
Dr. Dalia Fleifel successfully defended her thesis, titled “DNA replication keynote and code: MCM’s journey on and off” on July 7, 2025. As a graduate student, Dalia was an active member of the Jean Cook lab and a student leader within the department.
8 months ago
The “A” in “F&A:” Understanding the Value of Research Administration
F&A costs are shared investments that the federal government makes to ensure our global competitiveness and leadership in science and innovations that save and transform lives, protect and defend our national security, feed our nation, and more.
1 year ago
UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics NIH Funding Ranks 4th among Public Universities
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.
1 year ago
Annual Research Funding Surpasses $1B — Again
For the fifth consecutive year, UNC’s research funding has eclipsed $1 billion. Carolina received $1.21 billion, money that’s expected to support research projects conducted statewide for federal agencies, industry partners and nonprofit organizations.
2 years ago
Alumni update: Justin Rectenwald Ph.D. (2020)
Justin Rectenwald, a Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD alumnus (Pearce/Frye Lab), recently rejoined Taysha Gene Therapies as a Senior Manager, CMC Analytical Development role. Taysha Gene Therapies is focused on developing and commercializing therapies for the treatment of monogenic diseases of the central nervous system.
2 years ago
Tatyana Bodrug PhD (alum ’22) shares her Thesis research project
A new publication from the Brown lab highlights the thesis work of recent BCBP graduate Tanya Bodrug. In a project co-mentored by Nick Brown and David Haselbach at the IMP in Vienna, Austria, a novel method was developed for visualizing the Anaphase-promoting Complex/Cyclosome (APC/C), an E3 ubiquitin ligase that regulates the cell cycle. Their approach …
3 years ago
Update from Edhriz Siraliev-Perez PhD (alum 2020)
Congratulations to Edhriz Siraliev-Perez, Ph.D. (alum 2020) who started a new position as a Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (CMC) Reviewer for the FDA!