2 years ago
A new MPI NIH R01 was awarded to Karin Leiderman, PhD and Alisa Wolberg, PhD of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, entitled: “Interdisciplinary Approach to Elucidate Modifiers of Bleeding Phenotype in Factor XI Deficiency.” Read more at Blood Research Center news.
2 years ago
In this study, Bergmeier lab developed a 4D (3D over time) in vivo imaging model of mouse hemostatic plug formation. With this model, they demonstrated that the accumulation of fibrin, an essential component of hemostatic plug stability, is determined by a balance of fibrin formation and degradation. The lab also examined the contribution of procoagulant platelets to the accumulation of fibrin and demonstrated that platelets are the functionally dominant procoagulant surface for fibrin accumulation in hemostasis. Abigail Ballard-Kordeliski is the first author.
2 years ago
We congratulate our faculty members: Charles Carter for 50 years of state service, Gary J. Pielak for 35 years state service, Matthew R. Redinbo for 25 years state service, Jeanette G. Cook for 20 years state service, Krzysztof A. Krajewski, Cyrus Vaziri, and Ling Xie, for 15 years state service, and Richard (Rick) W. Baker, Joshua A. Boyer, Guochun Jiang, and Joshua D. Strauss for 5 years state service.
2 years ago
Charles Carter, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics, has published widely his peer-reviewed research, which was also featured in this detailed account of the intricate science unfolding four billion years ago before single cells gave rise to life as we know it. (Vital Signs news)
2 years ago
UNC has become a leading center for RNA research, with laboratories studying the form, function, and clinical applications of RNA at virtually all biological scales. The RNA Center retreat will be held on May 21. BCBP members Ike Emerson, Josh Boyer, Qi Zhang, and Bill Marzluff will speak at this event.
2 years ago
The UNC School of Medicine has named three outstanding researchers, Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD, Benjamin Vincent, MD, and Pengda Liu, PhD, as recipients of the eighth annual Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award.
2 years ago
Carter lab research was highlighted on May 7, 2024, in a Vineyard Books: A Blog on History and Science article entitled "Adam and Eve Existed: They Created the Genetic Code" written by Jordi Xiol and edited by Daniel Holoch examines the origin of life and the molecular Adam and Eve (the proteins responsible for creating the genetic code).
2 years ago
Guochun Jiang, PhD, assistant professor of biochemistry and biophysics and member of the UNC HIV Cure Center, received an R01 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health for his project “Defining the HIV reservoir and latency mechanism in human brain myeloid cells” which is funded for five years and $4.6 million which is funded through March 31, 2029.
2 years ago
Undergraduate researchers from our labs presented posters at the 25th Annual celebration of undergraduate research on April 29, 2024.
2 years ago
Skylar Grimsley, the first graduate student to join the Starbird lab, was accorded an honorable mention for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! Skylar Grimsley was also selected to receive a complete travel award to attend a Pair-Up Advanced Imaging Workshop at The Allen Institute in Seattle this summer, sponsored by American Society for Cell Biology, Burroughs …
2 years ago
Congratulations to Dillon Sloan, graduate student in the Baker lab, who was awarded a fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) to work at the University of Tokyo this summer. He will conduct research in the lab of Dr. Masahide Kikkawa at the University of Tokyo.
2 years ago
Phu Nguyen was named the 2024 UNC Biology Hagadorn Award Winner! Phu has a Biology GPA of 4.0, has been a peer mentor, an SI instructor in 3 courses, and an undergrad researcher in Strahl lab.