The U.S. News & World Report reviewed nearly 1,500 top universities in the 2021 Best Global University Rankings.

U.S. News & World Report ranked 13 UNC School of Medicine disciplines in the top 30, including pharmacology and toxicology ranked second, in the organization’s annual “Best Global Universities” rankings. UNC-Chapel Hill 36th overall.

UNC is adjusting the spring semester to provide as much flexibility as possible for a safe return to campus. Classes will begin on Jan. 19 as planned, but the start of in-person undergraduate classes will be delayed three weeks. See additional details

All seminars will take place on Tuesdays at 11 am.

scientific image for joint publication Chen lab Sciences Advances

CRL4DCAF1/VprBP E3 ubiquitin ligase controls ribosome biogenesis, cell proliferation, and development. Authors: Xiao-Ran Han, Naoya Sasaki, Sarah Jackson, Pu Wang, Zhijun Li, Matthew Smith, Ling Xie, Xian Chen, Yanping Zhang, Bill Marzluff and Yue Xiong publishes cell proliferation research in Science Advances.

2 news highlights have been published from every department within the School of Medicine in the 2020 School of Medicine Research Roundup.

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

Tag: Faculty & Lab News

UNC Biochemistry Program ranks within the top 3% of global universities

UNC SOM Disciplines Ranked High in Global Universities Rankings, including UNC Biochemistry!

UNC Administration makes changes to spring semester (1/07/2021)

Announcing our BCBP Spring 2021 Seminar Series

Our team publishes cell proliferation research in Science Advances

2020 School of Medicine Research Roundup

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