The UNC School of Medicine is accepting applications for bridge and boost funding. The deadline for applications is Oct. 10.

Research specialist Sonia Deochand from the Basta Lab opens a refrigeration unit housing biological samples in the Michael Hooker Research Center.

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!

photo of face of Aziz Sancar at nobel event at David library April 2016 with yellow flowers in background

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.

RNA center opens large crowd celebrating after announcement

The RNA Discovery Center will cultivate an inclusive community of scientists dedicated to investigating all aspects of RNA biology, some of which has already been implicated in human diseases and much of which we know very little about. Co-directors include Qi Zhang and Bill Marzluff. Silvia Ramos and many other researchers are involved in the center. Read more...

Brian Kuhlman PhD wearing a blue shirt with arms crossed smiling in front of his wet lab

On July 20, Join David Baker (9 PM ET), Brian Kuhlman (9:30 PM ET), and Zibo Chen when they discuss Protein Design and Synthetic Biology at a Cell Press webinar.

Dr. Barbour, Dean and Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics has accepted another position. "Suzanne always puts students first, and we are appreciative of everything she has accomplished at The Graduate School during the past three years."

Council member S Barbour 2022 image of our faculty and a DNA image ASBMB

Suzanne Barbour has been elected to a second term on the ASBMB Council. During her second term, Suzanne will be a Council liaison to the Public Affairs Advisory Committee. American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Statement of interest ASBMB election post ASBMB news: 2022 ASBMB election results (July 14, 2022)

AIxB selected for 2021-2022 Creativity Hubs award The award will support an interdisciplinary team from the 2021-2022 competitive funding round working to build a collaborative ecosystem for innovation in artificial intelligence and the biological sciences.

This year’s winner of a UNC Research Creativity Hubs award is AIxB: Building a collaborative ecosystem for innovation in Artificial Intelligence and the Biological Sciences. Team: Corbin Jones, College of Arts & Sciences (PI); Stan Ahalt, Chris Bizon, and Marian Mersmann, RENCI (Co-Investigators); Brian Strahl and Piotr Mieczkowski, School of Medicine (Co-Investigators); Bob Duronio, College of Arts & Sciences (Co-Investigator); Alex Tropsha and Samantha Pattenden, Eshelman School of Pharmacy (Co-Investigators); Jeremy Simon, School of Medicine (Advisor).

Jeanette Cook, PhD, has been named chair of the Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry. She will begin her work in the role on July 11.

Dr. Nikea Pittman is a structural biologist and STEM educator. Her specialties include engaging early-career students in active learning and protein structure/function. She joins our department with over 10 years of teaching experience, leading innovations that have impacted 500+ undergraduate and graduate students...

You are invited to attend an ASBMB webinar featuring winners of the 2022 ASBMB Annual Awards. In this event, Greg Wang, winner of the ASBMB Young Investigator Award, will present his lecture "Chromatin-based modulations underlying gene regulation and pathogenesis" and participate in a Q&A session on August 9, 2022, at 1:30 PM.

During the event, each cohort dressed up in matching shirts. The first-year cohort (pink), second (yellow), third (green), fourth (blue), and fifth (purple) year cohorts at the end of the day.

The first inaugural UNC Biophysics Field Day, an afternoon of friendly competition to foster community among the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics students & faculty, was a huge success! Biophysics cohorts & faculty faced off in several rounds of science-themed challenges. Thank you to all of the organizers & participants: Amelia McCue, Odessa Goudy, Gage Leighton, Nick Randolph, Emily Beard, Xavier Bonner, and to Holly Shepherd, Wolfgang Bergmeier, Jill Dowen, Brian Strahl, & Steven Torchio.

Tag: Faculty & Lab News

SOM Office of Research Accepting Applications for Bridge and Boost Funding

Freezer Challenge encourages energy-saving practices

Scientists Discover Surprise Anticancer Properties of Common Lab Molecule

The UNC RNA Discovery Center Has Launched!

Kuhlman to give talk on July 20 Cell Press Live: Protein Design and Synthetic Biology webinar

Graduate School dean Suzanne Barbour to step down at the end of August

Barbour re-elected to ASBMB Council

Brian Strahl on Interdisciplinary Team (AIxB) selected for 2021-2022 Creativity Hubs Award

Cook Named Chair of Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Nikea Pittman PhD joins the UNC Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics as Teaching Assistant Professor

Greg Wang PhD gives ASBMB Young Investigator Award lecture on August 9th

UNC Biophysicists compete in the first annual Field Day