2 months ago
Latest Grant Awards to SOM Faculty Feb. 2025
Wolfgang Bergmeier, Ronald Swanstrom, Brain Strahl, and other SOM faculty with project start dates in January of 2025 (the awards listed have a total award amount greater than $100,000).
Tag: Faculty & Lab News
2 months ago
Biochemistry and Biophysics department hosts poster session
Our poster session featured over 20 of our trainees and was held on the afternoon of Feburary 26, 2025 in the Genetics Medicine Lobby.
2 months ago
Innovate Carolina Announces Brian Kuhlman as a 2025 NAI Senior Member!
Achievement recognizes outstanding faculty for their contributions to research, innovation, and real-world impact. Innovate Carolina announced three University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) faculty members named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This prestigious distinction recognizes faculty, scientists, and administrators who have demonstrated success in patents, licensing, and commercialization—developing technologies …
2 months ago
Researchers have discovered that RNA in Zika virus can freeze itself in time
Some Viruses ‘Freeze’ Their RNA to Replicate, UNC Study Says. Zhang lab and UNC Researchers have discovered that RNA in Zika virus can freeze itself in time to further its spread in the body, revolutionizing how researchers study disease-causing viruses.
3 months ago
Welcome Dr. Chris Travis our new Assistant Director of the Mac-In-Fac Core facility
Dr. Chris Travis has joined our department as the new Assistant Director of the Mac-In-Fac Core facility, where he assists with instrument scheduling, new user training, and teaching the BIOC 662 course.
3 months ago
Congrats to Alejandro Lopez who earned his PhD!
Alejandro Lopezi under the direction of Dr. Leslie Morrow successfully defended his dissertation on January 31, 2025 and received his PhD! Program: Biochemistry and Biophysics The title of his dissertation was “Novel Inhibitory Sites of [3α,5α]3-hydroxypregnan-20-one on Toll-like Receptor 4 Neuroimmune Signaling”
3 months ago
Researchers pinpoint small molecules that greatly affect differences in heart health in men and women
In a new study led by graduate student Ike Emerson in the laboratories of Frank L. Conlon, PhD, professor of biology and genetics, and Bill Marzluff, PhD have recently made a large stride in the field, uncovering one of the molecular reasons behind sex disparities in heart disease.
3 months ago
Starbird joins the 2025 class of Keystone Fellows and featured on NIGMS blog
Dr. Starbird was recently selected to join the 2025 class of Keystone Fellows and appointed to the editorial advisory boards. Also her NIGMS-funded work was highlighted in the Biomedical Beat blog "Understanding Signaling Through Cell Membranes..."
4 months ago
Starbird lab attends annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology
The Starbird lab attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology that took place December 14-18, 2024, where lab members presented their work. Dr. Starbird presented research at 2 sessions, sitting on 2 panels, and completing activities...
4 months ago
Associate Professor Ogün Adebali was awarded the TÜBİTAK Incentive Award
Associate Professor Ogün Adebali was awarded the TÜBİTAK Incentive Award for his internationally distinguished work in developing bioinformatics tools that enable the examination of DNA damage responses across various organisms.
4 months ago
Postdoc Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki is leading groundbreaking telomere research in Griffith lab
UNC News: This single mom is a renowned scientist. By Kendall Daniels Rovinsky, UNC School of Medicine, Tuesday, December 17th, 2024
4 months ago
Welcome Tigist Tamir our new faculty member
Tigist Tamir, PhD has joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, effective December 16, 2024. Her research focuses on Cell signaling mediated regulation of metabolism and oxidative stress response in obesity and cancer. She will be accepting rotation students in Spring 2025.