AlxB: Building a Collaborative Ecosystem for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence and the Biological Sciences Corbin Jones, College of Arts & Sciences, PI; Stan Ahalt, RENCI, co-PI; Chris Bizon, RENCI; Brian Strahl, Jeremy Simon, and Piotr Mieczkowski, School of Medicine; Bob Duronio, College of Arts & Sciences; Alex Tropsha, Eshelman School of Pharmacy. Read the full list of the finalists.

Internal Alert: Please review the details below based on recommendations from our Infection Prevention experts for any workplace gatherings and note that event organizers are expected to review and follow these guidelines...

Internal Alert: The Dean’s Office announced that on December 8th the UNC Provost issued a restriction on international travel for business by University employees.

AdvanTx would like to distribute two external corporate collaboration opportunities for faculty – The Johnson and Johnson Quickfire Challenge for immune-mediated diseases and a Beta-Propellor Proteins Discovery Opportunity.

When most people think of a researcher, they picture someone toiling away by themselves in a lab...

More than 1,300 Carolina students, including 672 graduate students, will begin a new chapter of their lives on December 12 at the Dean Smith Center (Doors open at 1 p.m.). A live stream will be available at 2 pm.

UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics researchers led by Brian Strahl, PhD, and Jibo Zhang detail how a newly defined domain in a protein regulates gene expression, and how cells compensate when this normal process is disrupted. These insights have implications for cancer research. Co-author of the Genes & Development paper is Aakanksha Gundu, an undergraduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill.

I want to send a huge thank you and kudos to UNC members for their attendance and participation in the Mental Health Summit in November 2021.

Applications are due Jan. 18, 2022, and as many as four awards of up to $50,000 each will be announced in March 2022. All UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health employees from any owned entity are eligible to apply.

We remain hopeful that the pandemic and recent events will continue to improve and lead to a better 2022. This week we published a new website section for Wellness. This page will be evolving. Special thanks to Carolyn Clabo and Brad Olson for their efforts. I will continue communicating with you about a variety of resources and programming in the coming year.

UNC-Chapel Hill and UC San Francisco scientists have published work in Nature, laying the groundwork for better anti-itching medications with fewer side effects. The work was led by UNC School of Medicine scientists Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD, Jonathan Fay, PhD (Biochemistry/Biophysics), and Can Cao, PhD.

If you would like to read Public Comments or to submit ones relative to the 28 November 2021 Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee: Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket: Request for Comments (/document/FDA-2021-N-0758-0012), please do so. I (Michael Waters) and my coauthors submitted our preprint on 4 November 2021 and a summary with minor …

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2021-2022 Creativity Hubs Finalists Announced

UNC Health issues Guidance on Workplace Gatherings Over the Holidays

Provost issued a restriction on international travel for business by University employees

AdvanTx- Two Drug Discovery Related External Funding Opportunities for Faculty

Suzanne Barbour: Science is a team sport (Higher Ed Works)

WINTER COMMENCEMENT is on December 12

Scientists Pinpoint Protein’s Role in Critical Gene Expression

UNC Mental Health Summit thank you for your participation

Annual $50,000 Innovation Pilot Awards Request for Proposal Released

Dr. Jill Dowen Well-being Liaison: A Season of Hope, thanks to Carolyn Clabo and Brad Olson for Wellness website

Researchers Reveal Structure of Itch Receptors on Cells

Alum Michael D. Waters requests comments on FDA document by Nov 28, 2021