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Congratulations to 52 Black scientists including Dr. Chrystal Starbird, our alum Dr. Michael D.L. Johnson, Dr. Nikea Pittman, and many others for establishing the context of Juneteenth in STEMM and discuss Juneteenth and how we can use this holiday to reflect on the ongoing barriers Black scientists face and how we can come together as a biomedical enterprise to tackle these challenges.

Dr. Odessa Goudy is the recipient of the 2023 Diane Harris Leadership Award for the Biochemistry and Biophysics Department. She is a 2023 Kuhlman lab and Biochemistry and Biophysics alumna. Read more about her recent award.

The dissertation award is the highest level of graduate student scholarship. Recipients of the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award are making outstanding contributions.

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Thank you to all the Tar Heels who participated in #GiveUNC, a day like no other!

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It's #GiveUNC! This is a great opportunity to support our mission to perform transformative biochemical & biophysical research in an inclusive & stimulating training environment & inspire tomorrow’s cures by decoding the molecular basis of life. Support our student fellowship fund.

Find a cause, unlock a challenge, join in some friendly competition and spread the word on this “day like no other.”

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The 2023 recipients of the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients included Cathy Spangler recent graduate of the Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD program. Read about all the 2023 recipients here.

The cover highlights the dynamic structure of the stem-loop II (s2m) RNA hairpin terminal loop (color gradient) in the SARS-CoV-2 genome, as revealed by molecular dynamics simulations and conformational analysis. The flexible nonaloop containing a palindromic sequence and possibly being involved in the formation of s2m kissing complexes was calculated to have higher absolute entropy than the rigidly pre-organized SARS-CoV s2m (creator: Adam Kensinger).

One of the COVID studies that Dr. Lackey worked on as a co-author with the Duquesne chemistry department is on the cover of ACS Physical Chemistry Au!

Stephani Page on Forbes twitter 1-16-2023

In a three-part series, Stephani Page (alum 2015) was featured on Forbes' Twitter. Jared Council interviewed her about...

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Congratulations to Rodney Park Ph.D. (2022 alum) who has a first-author publication "Designer installation of a substrate recruitment domain to tailor enzyme specificity" which was published in Nature Chemical Biology on December 12, 2022.

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Cover of Cell – Juneteenth in STEMM and the barriers to equitable science

Odessa Goudy receives the 2023 Dianne Harris Leadership Award

Cathy Spangler was Recognized at 2023 UNC Graduate School Celebration on April 12!

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GiveUNC is March 28

Cathy Spangler (2022 alum) receives 2023 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award

COVID studies cover art on ACS Physical Chemistry Au (Patrick Lackey, 2016 alum)

Stephani Page (2015) featured in 3-part video series on Forbes Twitter

Rodney Park’s first author pub is out in Nature Chemical Biology