Klaus Hahn and Tim Elston rainbow cell image in Cell publication 2021

This new method, created by the UNC School of Medicine labs of Klaus Hahn and Tim Elston, has the potential to super-charge the study of human proteins as they interact and change their conformations in fundamentally important ways in human health and disease. This research was a collaboration with many UNC departments and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and was published in Cell!

ASM has honored Dr. Johnson with its William A. Hinton Award for Advancement of a Diverse Community of Microbiologists for his creation of NSURP. Congrats to our 2011 program alum!

ASBMB MOSAIC scholar Cassandra Hayne PhD

We wish to congratulate our 2017 alumnae Cassandra K. Hayne PhD on earning a K99 through the MOSAIC program! Dr. Hayne is a postdoctoral fellow at NIEHS.

A leading biochemist, genetic toxicologist, toxicogenomics and information scientist shares memories of his time in our biochemistry program.

A year like no other. Take a look back at some of the biggest stories that shaped this academic year at UNC-Chapel Hill.

We would like to congratulate all of our graduates for earning their PhDs between August 2019 and May 2021.

On Saturday May 15, 2021, Mary Sue Coleman (’69 Ph.D.), Carolina alumna and former president of the Association of American Universities (AAU) addressed the participants at The Graduate School’s 2021 Virtual Doctoral Hooding celebration. Link to video.

Welcome to Carolina! The UNC Visitors Center is excited to offer its new Sense of Place Zoom tour. This 45-minute tour is presented via Zoom and offers a live host welcoming guests to campus, a recorded video of our popular Sense of Place tour that introduces campus history and traditions as well as some of the University’s current endeavors in research and innovation. Virtual Tours offered March 11-31.

Kizzmekia Corbett PhD and Dr. Anthony Fauci

News first published by Carolina Alumni Review March 4, 2021 Carolina’s spring graduation will feature two of the biggest names in COVID-19 research and national response strategies who will be, virtually, on the same stage in Kenan Stadium for multiple live Commencement exercises honoring the class of 2021 and a limited number of their invited …

UNC School of Medicine alum Kizzmekia Corbett, PhD, NIH scientific lead for COVID-19 vaccine development, was named to the list as a rising star and innovator in the scientific community.

Check out the 'First person' interview with Jennifer Potter-Birriel on her Postdoc project in the Marzluff lab at UNC BCBP, investigating the regulation of gene expression in Journal of Cell Science. --

fierce urgency of now black man with white chalk in his hand on blackboard

Silent Sam, Charleston, Charlottesville and George Floyd made the headlines. On a less visible but equally impassioned front, faculty of color at Chapel Hill believe this is the moment for action toward equity. Carolina Alumni Review featured “The Fierce Urgency...

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Powerful Technique Allows UNC Scientists to Study for First Time How Proteins Change Shape Inside Cells (Onur Dagliyan PhD, 2016 Alum)

Society Honors Dr. Michael Johnson for Diversity Promotion

Cassandra K. Hayne PhD (2017) named NIGMS/NIH MOSAIC K99/R00 Scholar

Alumnus Michael Waters PhD (1969) endorses our Biochemistry program!

A Year in Review at Carolina 2020-2021

10 BCBP graduates celebrated at the 2021 Hooding

Mary Sue Coleman (’69 Ph.D.) BCBP alumna gave keynote at The Graduate School’s 2021 Virtual Doctoral Hooding celebration!

Virtual Campus Tours, Explore Carolina: Take a Sense of Place Tour

COVID-19 Researchers Fauci and Corbett to Address New UNC Grads

Dr. Corbett Named to 2021 TIME100 Next List

Postdoc Jennifer Potter-Birriel (Marzluff lab) interviewed in Journal of Cell Science

The Fierce Urgency of Now