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Researchers Silvia Kreda, PhD, and Rudolph Juliano, PhD, created an improved oligonucleotide therapy strategy with the potential for treating other pulmonary diseases, such as COPD and asthma. Their research was published in the journal Nucleic Acids Research.
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Pengda Liu, PhD, and colleagues have discovered a gene, OTUD7A, that impacts the development of Ewing sarcoma, a bonecancer that occurs mainly in children, as well as a compound that shows potential to block OTUD7A protein activity.
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Please click on the link to view the video segment and read the full story by Nexstar Media Inc. Read more about this research "Liu and Jiang Labs...
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Two postdocs Drs. Siyuan Su and Jianfeng Chen and a BBSP graduate student Ying Wang in Pengda Liu Lab led this study during the pandemic. Lilly Wong from Guochun Jiang Lab plays a major role in in-vitro infection models.
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Congratulations to Shuai Zhao PhD for his timely comprehensive review article in Nature Reviews Cancer.
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Crilly said she chose to attend UNC-Chapel Hill because of its reputation as a research institution. At Carolina, she studies under Gary Pielak, a Kenan Distinguished Professor, and is a part of his research group. “When I got to UNC, I wanted to mentor people, and mentorship is a big part of his lab,” Dr. Pielak holds a joint appointment at the UNC School of Medicine in Biochemistry and Biophysics.
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On Saturday May 15, 2021, Mary Sue Coleman (’69 Ph.D.), Carolina alumna and former president of the Association of American Universities (AAU) addressed the participants at The Graduate School’s 2021 Virtual Doctoral Hooding celebration. Link to video.
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Congrats on the new publication: G.P.Gupta and Ramsden labs! “Marker-free quantification of repair pathway utilization at Cas9-induced double-strand breaks” Nucleic Acids Research. This was a collaborative effort with UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics, UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, UNC Department of Radiation Oncology, The Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and UNC Pharmacy. Interested in DSB repair …
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Research contributing to discoveries associated with COVID-19 has been growing on the UNC campus over the past year. To help increase visibility of this integral research and illustrate the extensive organizational collaborations that help move UNC research forward, a team from University Libraries – Health Sciences Library analyzed the COVID-19 research output of UNC Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) researchers between January 2020 and April 2021.
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On April 12, 2021, the MiBio/iBGS Symposium went virtual. This year's theme “Branching Out: The Untapped World of Biological Systems.”
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Please contact members of the search committee to provide input in our search for the next chair. We ask that you complete the “chair-qualities” survey (Biochemistry and Biophysics chair qualities survey). We will begin scheduling the sessions with small groups soon.
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Selection as a Fellow of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology is an honor bestowed on our most distinguished members. Fellows are recognized for their meritorious efforts to advance the molecular life sciences through sustained outstanding accomplishments in areas such as scientific research, education, mentorship, commitment to diversity and service to the society and scientific community.