4 years ago
Pengda Liu PhD receives a grant from NIH National Cancer Institute
Project Title: Cancer Hijacks Enzyme Substrate Mutations to Facilitate Tumorigenesis
Tag: Faculty & Lab News
4 years ago
This week is UNC’s Researcher Appreciation Week, view video
Yesterday marked the start of UNC’s Researcher Appreciation Week. We are so thankful for each and every one of you! Please check out this video of UNC leadership recognizing your contributions and the incredible work you do every day.
4 years ago
Bike to Work Week 2022 is May 16-22
May is National Bike Month and Bike to Work Week is May 16-22, 2022. Today was an e-bike day for Brian Kuhlman. Brandy Curtis, a third-year graduate student always bikes to Amy Gladfelter's lab in the Genome Sciences Building. We encourage members of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics who ride their bikes to the lab to tag us on social media this month.
4 years ago
David Paul promoted to Research Assistant Professor
Congratulations to Dr. David S. Paul on his promotion to Research Assistant Professor on May 11, 2022.
4 years ago
FASEB and NIH Partner on DataWorks! Prize to Highlight Power of Data Sharing and Reuse
The National Institutes of Health is sponsoring up to 12 monetary prize awards with a total prize purse of up to $500,000 to reward innovative use of data sharing and reuse and the advancement research discoveries.
4 years ago
Ramos lab publishes RNA research in Nucleic Acids Research
Congratulations to Ramos lab and UNC collaborators for their recent publication in Nucleic Acids Research describing the discovery of a novel mRNA target, Elavl2, for the RNA binding protein, ZFP36L2. Congratulations to first-co-authors Ian C. Redmon and Matthew Ardizzone, undergraduate researchers in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department, and Hilal Hekimoğlu, an International visiting master’s student and to all authors!
4 years ago
BCBP celebrates Earth Day 2022 with Environmental Task Force!
The BCBP Environmental Task Force (ETF) held a department-wide event with pizza and free t-shirts outside the Genetic Medicine Building on Friday, April 22, 2022, to celebrate all the progress towards environmental sustainability that we have made over this past year.
4 years ago
Congrats to Greg Wang PhD ASBMB Young Investigator (April 2022)
Greg G. Wang, PhD, an associate professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics and joint Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, won the 2022 ASBMB Young Investigator Award, which recognizes outstanding research contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology and contributions to the community of scientists.
4 years ago
Dr. Robert Lee, Bergmeier Lab Published: Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight
Dr. Robert Lee, in collaboration with members of the Bergmeier lab, the Flick lab, and international collaborators, recently published their studies on the effect of uninhibited signaling by the small GTPase Rap1 on platelet homeostasis.
4 years ago
Jean Marie Mwiza Published in the Journal Blood (Bergmeier & Wolberg labs)
Jean Marie Mwiza, grad student jointly supervised by Drs. Alisa Wolberg and Wolfgang Bergmeier, recently spear-headed an international team of investigators including Robert Lee, David Paul, Lori Holle, Brian Cooley, Wyatt Schug, Tomohiro Kawano, and Nigel Mackman for a first systematic study on the molecular mechanisms by which platelets contribute to VT.
4 years ago
Scientists unravel new details for entry into cells
Researchers in Biochemistry and Biophysics (Rick Baker and Kevin Cannon) and collaborators have uncovered a new checkpoint that cells use to control what molecules they internalize. Understanding the determinants for entry into cells could lead to the design of better therapeutics that must enter through this gatekeeping mechanism.
4 years ago
Congratulations to Greg Wang promoted to full professor
Congratulations to Biochemistry and Biophysics faculty Greg Wang promoted from associate professor to full professor retroactively effective January 01, 2022. Greg Wang is also a full member of Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and a joint faculty of Pharmacology...