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Please view the YouTube video project produced and written by Gabrielle Dardis, a PhD Student in the Baldwin lab at this link Dowen Lab Profile. Spotlight on research in Jill Dowen’s lab Dr. Jill Dowen’s lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC Chapel Hill studies the spatial organization of the genome, and how …
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It's Spring semester, get started in the right direction. We encourage you to enroll in the DEI certificate program offered by the School of Medicine.
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Chrystal Starbird in July was recognized by the Yale Black Postdoctoral Association, which she co-founded, and the Yale SOM Office of DEI for her leadership, mentorship, and DEI service. She received the YBPA Distinguished Service Award in DEI at a ceremony near campus. In February, she’ll be starting her own lab at UNC.
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Hub RTP breaks ground and names each street for a Nobel-awarded scientist, including Dr. Aziz Sancar (Sancar Way), whose collective discoveries paved the way for continued growth in the Park and the Triangle Region while offering advancements to the science and medical research community. Hub RTP is a two-phase, 100-acre real estate development project of …
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Congrats Dr. Gary Pielak, Kenan Distinguished Professor for being awarded the 2023 Johnston Teaching Excellence Award.
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Life sciences and related companies from around the world announced new or expanded facilities in 2022 that will bring more than $2.1 billion in investment and over 2,700 new jobs to North Carolina. (Courtesy of NC Biotechnology Center)
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Medipol University's faculty member Dr. Yasemin Kübra Akyel started to work in the laboratory and supervision of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar in December 2022. Akyel works in the fields of 'DNA Repair' and 'Circadian Rhythm' and has a fellowship from TÜBİTAK
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Grad student Edgar Faison and Zhang lab collaborated with Dr. Ramamoorthy's group at the University of Michigan to use polymer nanodiscs as a novel alignment medium for measuring residual dipolar couplings on RNA.
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Links to impact report. UNC Inventions include therapeutics, research tools/methods, biomarkers/diagnostics, drug delivery, imaging, and much more. Congruent with Carolina’s research pipeline that is focused heavily on biomedical endeavors, the majority of its licenses are in the life sciences sector. 36 % of licenses were related to tangible property (research tools, including mice, cell lines, and antibodies). The Innovation Hub and Downtown District coming soon.
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Congratulations to Jill Dowen, Associate Professor in the Biochemistry & Biophysics Department and the Biology Department, who received tenure as a UNC faculty effective January 1, 2023.
