Effective August 1, work windows (shifts) will no longer be required in School of Medicine research labs but 50% occupancy and social distancing must still be observed.

jack griffith sitting in front of the electron microscope

Jack Griffith, PhD, is co-author of a PNAS paper that shows the role the XPG protein plays in DNA repair in healthy human cells, as well as how different mutations can translate into different diseases and cancer.

Carolina experts are leveraging 40 years of HIV research to find a treatment for COVID-19.

We would like to extend a big thank you to the dedicated support groups that have kept our research active during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are in gratitude for the flexibility & hard work of these outstanding members of our community.

This is a weekly update on the campus Roadmap to Fall 2020 from the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of the Provost, issued Thursday June 25.

Congratulations to Biochemistry and Biophysics faculty Brenda Temple promoted from associate professor to full professor effective June 1, 2020. Brenda Temple PhD is the Core Director of Structural Bioinformatics. Her research specialties include: Bioinformatics, Molecular Structural Analysis, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Molecular Evolution, Molecular Modeling, Protein-Protein Interaction Prediction Structural Bioinformatics Website

Brian Strahl and graduate student Julia F

In the journal Cell Reports, Brian Strahl, PhD, and colleagues engineered a genome regulator to reveal its important biological functions of genome access. Inside our cells, DNA is tightly packed and spooled around proteins called histones. Packaging DNA in this way allows large amounts of genetic material to exist inside the cell in a final …

Pengda Liu receives a Medical Research Grant from Gabrielle’s Angels Foundation to study “Targeting innate immunity independent STING function in treating AML”

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development is offering virtual coaching to all School of Medicine faculty. Services include peer and executive coaching.

In this memo, Blossom Damania, PhD, Vice Dean for Research at the UNC School of Medicine, outlines measures to allow the safe resumption of lab-based and human subjects research at the UNC School of Medicine. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, research across campus has been limited to minimal critical activities and research related to …

The UNC Office of Research Development is aggregating COVID-19 funding opportunities for the research community. The UNC Office of Research Development is centrally tracking COVID-19 funding opportunities to provide a resource to the campus-wide research community. The funding opportunities are listed on the COVID-19 Funding Opportunities website linked here. Information about COVID-19 funding opportunities will be added to the page as they become available.

The Mental Health/Emotional Support Resources website provides resources for all UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health system employees. The Mental Health / Emotional Support Resources website provides resources for all UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health system employees. During an infectious disease outbreak like COVID-19, it is not uncommon for people to experience …

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Office of Research Releases Revision to Research Guidelines

Enigmatic protein sculpts DNA to repair harmful damage

Ron Swanstrom highlighted in the FEATURE STORY “Expecting the Unexpected” from Endeavors

Thank You For Keeping our Research Infrastructure Going

UNC-Chapel Hill Updates Roadmap to Fall 2020

Congratulations to Brenda Temple promoted to full professor

Strahl Lab Decodes Another Piece of the Histone Code Puzzle

Pengda Liu receives grant from Gabrielle’s Angels

Virtual Coaching Services Available to Faculty

Guidelines for Resuming Research Operations on June 1

COVID-19 Funding Opportunity Tracking

SOM Mental Health, Emotional Support Resources