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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.
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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
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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.
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UNC Health/UNC School of Medicine has created a new partnership with Juggle, a babysitting and pet sitting app to support...
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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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Please take a moment to complete a brief survey and share your thoughts on the School of Medicine’s annual faculty meeting, held Oct. 14.
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Talin-1 is the principal platelet Rap1 effector of integrin activation PLATELETS AND THROMBOPOIESIS September 3, 2020 Recent Blood paper publication, collaborated with Mark Ginsberg, MD at UCSD to identify a unique mechanism regulating integrin-mediated platelet adhesion at sites of vascular injury
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By fostering collaborative research teams, Carolina is accelerating new discoveries and solutions to emerging challenges. Read the UNC.edu feature on some of the work faculty, students, postdocs, and fellows are spearheading.
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Haima Therapeutics, a pre-clinical biotechnology company focused on developing platelet-inspired therapies to mitigate bleeding dysfunctions, announced today the appointment of Wolfgang Bergmeier to its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Bergmeier is a world-renowned scientist and key opinion leader in platelet biology, hemostasis, and thrombosis. He is currently a Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at The …
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Led by Qi Zhang, PhD, and Robert McGinty, MD, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill scientists used cryo-electron microscopy technology to produce the first-ever high-resolution structure of the protein cGAS bound to the DNA packaging unit inside human cell nuclei, revealing how cGAS responds to foreign or damaged DNA, but not the body’s healthy DNA.
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The National Cancer Institute has awarded a team led by UNC Lineberger’s Dale Ramsden, PhD, professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, a five-year, $8.8 million program project grant to study an enzyme called DNA polymerase theta. This enzyme is part of an important pathway that repairs damage to genomes, with particular significance …
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