Commencement message for the December 2020 graduates of the Graduate School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Dean Suzanne Barbour. Video Link.

from left to right Drs. Blossom Damania, Karen Mohlke, Natasha Snider, Brian Kuhlman, Mark Zylka and Amy Gladfelter

This year the Awards for Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring go to Blossom Damania, PhD, Amy Gladfelter, PhD, Brian Kuhlman, PhD, Karen Mohlke, PhD, Natasha Snider, PhD, and Mark Zylka, PhD.

The large collaborative group receiving the grant includes UNC SOM’s Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD.

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

Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, published his 400th scientific paper this fall in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Greg Wang, PhD, and colleagues have identified an evolutionarily conserved pathway responsible for “closing down” gene activity in the mammalian cell.

Maness lab collaborated with Duke investigators on the BioID screening of synaptic proteins

November 2020 JTH Bergmeier lab cover low res

In collaboration with a French institute, Bergmeier lab’s research is featured on several covers of the November 2020 issues of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH). This research first appeared in the July 2020 issue.

A Message from UNC SOM leadership: Last night was a long evening for many who stayed awake watching the election returns. It appears we are in for a delay in declaring a winner

The paper, Comprehensive nucleosome interactome screen establishes fundamental principles of nucleosome binding, was designated as a Breakthrough Article by NAR in 2020 which is an honor given to the top 1-2% of all papers.

UNC Health/UNC School of Medicine has created a new partnership with Juggle, a babysitting and pet sitting app to support...

Zhang lab used nuclear magnetic resonance imagine to discover an RNA-centric mechanism for regulating the creation of a microRNA in response to environmental stimuli.

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Congratulations to Carolina’s winter graduates!

Six Faculty Members Recognized by SOM Office for Graduate Research with Mentorship Awards

National Heart Lung and Blood Institute grants $2.3 million to study fundamentals of immune cell activation

Sancar Publishes 400th Scientific Paper

‘BAH-code’ reader senses gene-silencing tag in cells (Greg Wang)

Maness lab publishes research in Nature

Bergmeier lab research featured on the cover of the November 2020 issue of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH)!

Vital Signs: Election Day Follow-Up

Aleksandra Skrajna of McGinty lab publishes a 2020 breakthrough article in Nucleic Acids Research

Pet Sitting and Subsidized Childcare Resource Available – Juggle @ UNC

Researchers discover proton regulator of essential cancer microRNA

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