photo of Brian Strahl PhD Professor and Vice-chair in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Brian Strahl, PhD, has been named Interim Chair of the UNC School of Medicine’s Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics effective May 18, 2020. Strahl has served as Vice Chair of the Department since 2016.

The Campaign for Carolina has showcased the Virtual Lung Project for its innovation in combating respiratory diseases. Scientists and researchers in applied mathematics, chemistry, physics, biochemistry and biophysics have come together with the long-term goal of permanent treatment of COPD and other chronic lung conditions.

Group of friends meeting for BCBP Synergy lunch August 2019

BCBP Synergy was created to facilitate meetups and networking between members. Please join the spring 2020 BCBP Synergy groups.

For two days Structural Biologists, from across the Piedmont, attended the first ever 2019 Triangle Area Cryo-EM Symposium

We received over $19.2 million in funding from NIH. We rank 4th among all Biochemistry departments & the 2nd highest among public institutions.

Joshua Strauss and Saskia Neher stand beside the Cryo-EM equipment

$3-million instrument will bring exciting new capabilities to researchers across the university and others in the RTP area. The Talos Artica will be the centerpiece of the new cryoEM core facility, directed by Joshua Strauss, PhD.

photos of Pengda Liu PhD and Shelton Earp MD

In a study in Nature Communications, Pengda Liu, PhD, Shelton Earp, MD, and their collaborators reported discoveries about a key signaling pathway that can be hyperactive in kidney cancer.

photo of Charlie Carter PhD Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC

Dr. Carter has been working to unravel some of the biggest mysteries of molecular evolution — that is, how exactly did life on Earth as we know it rise from the primordial, chemical-laden soup four billion years ago. In particular, he investigates how information flows from genes to proteins found in living organisms via genetic coding.

Liu was one of 28 scientists who were awarded V Scholar Grants in 2018 by the V Foundation for Cancer Research. The two-year, $200,000 grants are designed to identify and advance innovative young scientists who are establishing their research careers.

UNC researchers including Leslie Parise, PhD and doctoral student Alex Chung have designed a novel way to attack an aggressive breast cancer. By working with a drug development company, they hope their laboratory discovery will translate to a new treatment combination in the clinic in the future.

Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, the winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, gifted one of 3 replicas of the Nobel Prize medal UNC. It is now on display in the newly installed numismatics exhibit at the Wilson Special Collections Library.

The LLS grant will enable Wang lab to carry out unbiased oncogene target screening and shift towards new therapies of hematological malignancies.

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Strahl named Interim Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Innovation and Collaboration: Virtual Lung Project

Membership is open for Spring 2020 BCBP Synergy Meet-ups

Duke, UNC and NIEHS host first ever Triangle Area Cryo-Symposium

We rank 4th nationally in NIH funding in 2018!

The CryoEM Revolution has Arrived

Study provides insights behind hyperactivation of key cell proliferation signal

Carter’s work on the origins of life featured on Scipod episode

Pengda Liu PhD awarded V Scholar Grant

Researchers discover potential attack strategy for aggressive breast cancer

Sancar’s Replica Nobel Medal Now on Display at Wilson Library

G. Greg Wang received a Career Development Program grant from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society