20 hours ago
We are super excited to be able to have our annual retreat this year. Our retreat will be held on October 21, 2022 at the Museum of Life and Science, Durham NC. We encourage all faculty, staff, post-docs, grad students, and rotation students to attend! The deadline for registration has been extended to September 28.
5 days ago
TEAM ADVANCE seeks associate and full professor faculty to facilitate the Peer Mentoring Circles program, which promotes community and supports professional development of early-career faculty. Respond by Sept. 25.
5 days ago
The Biochemistry and Biophysics department DEI committee is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community. The DEI Community Engagement subcommittee recently surveyed the department to learn more about what individuals are doing to give back to the UNC community and larger surrounding community.
6 days ago
We are super excited to be able to have our annual retreat this year. We encourage all faculty, staff, post-docs, grad students, and rotation students to attend! The deadline for registration is September 28, 2022, so register as soon as possible. Our retreat will be held on October 21, 2022 at the Museum of Life and Science, Durham NC.
2 weeks ago
Beka Layton, Alli Schad, Jean Cook, and Debra Ragland published a study in eLife on mental health disparities among biomedical graduate and medical students from historically excluded groups. Co-author Jean Cook, PhD, chair of the UNC Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, has been advocating for providing more mental health resources for graduate students for years, especially during her tenure as associate dean of graduate education.
2 weeks ago
The UNC School of Medicine is accepting applications for bridge and boost funding. The deadline for applications is Oct. 10.
2 weeks ago
As part of a growing green-lab movement, Carolina competes with labs internationally to cut the high cost of cold storage. Xian Chen's lab is highlighted for being one of the two labs at UNC who participated in the international challenge!
2 weeks ago
The DEI Certificate Program is a new initiative from the SOM Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in support of the 2019 SOM Strategic Plan to foster an inclusive workplace environment.
3 weeks ago
The School of Medicine is soliciting innovative scientific images that showcase the biomedical research in the School. Submissions are due September 19.
1 month ago
Experiments from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, show how a common molecular tool for DNA labeling also has anticancer properties worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.
