6 years ago
Announcing our new Student Services Specialist Holly Shepherd!
Our new Student Services Specialist Holly Shepherd will be joining the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics on May 26, 2020.
Tag: Faculty & Lab News
6 years ago
UNC-Chapel Hill Launches Tar Heels Together Website
The University Development Office at UNC Chapel Hill created a Tar Heels Together website to connect community and share Carolina stories. The University Development Office created an innovative, dynamic way to connect people, share information, and build community during this time of isolation: The Tar Heels Together website, a “one stop shop” where friends and supporters of Carolina …
6 years ago
Congrats to Robert H Lee, Brinkhous Early Career Investigator Award winner!
Lee's work involved a study that yields insights on DAPT safety in thrombocytopenia & the best use of platelet transfusion for bleeding reversal.
6 years ago
Test could simplify cervical cancer screenings
UNC Lineberger researchers are working on a test that could provide a less invasive option for monitoring patients at risk for cervical cancer. UNC Lineberger’s Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, and Shivani Sud, MD, are launching a pilot study of a test to monitor patients at risk for cervical cancer by tracking levels of human papillomavirus, or …
6 years ago
Request or Offer Help through the UNC SOM Support Exchange Website
The website, launched by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, connects members of the SOM community with personal and professional services needed during the COVID-19 crisis and response. The resource is available to all members of the SOM community.
6 years ago
Neher lab publishes CryoEM structure in PNAS
Researchers in Saskia Neher's lab have used cryoelectron microscopy (CryoEM) to solve the structure of the protein lipoprotein lipase (LPL) forming a novel helical assembly.
6 years ago
MacInFac Wins NCBC IIG Grant
The Macromolecular Interactions Facility (MacInFac) recently applied for and was just awarded, a North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) innovation impact grant for a Biacore 8K, a high-throughput Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) -based biosensor.
6 years ago
Guskiewicz Announces UNC COVID-19 Research Accelerator Fund
Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz announced the establishment of the UNC COVID-19 Research Accelerator Fund on April 24. The fund will provide support to Carolina’s critical research teams focused on COVID-19 testing, treatment and prevention.
6 years ago
Jiang lab publishes HIV research in Cell Reports
Congrats Yuyang Tang, Ph.D. (UNC-CH Asst. Prof., HIV Division of Infectious Diseases) and Guochun Jiang, Ph.D., (UNC-CH Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics, with a joint appointment with UNC HIV Cure Center, Division of Infectious Diseases) and collaborators on your pub in Cell Reports! “Endogenous Retroviral Envelope Syncytin Induces HIV-1 Spreading and Establishes HIV Reservoirs …
6 years ago
Carolina Ranks 2nd in US, 22nd in World in 2020 ‘Times Higher Education’ Impact Rankings
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks second in the United States in the 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measure sustainability among institutions of higher education. The 2020 rankings, released April 22, placed Carolina at 22nd overall in the world out of 766 institutions from 85 countries, an improvement from our rank as 24th in the inaugural Impact Rankings in 2019.
6 years ago
UNC Ranked Highest U.S. University in Coronavirus Research
UNC is the highest-rated university in the United States for coronavirus research, according to a recent ranking by Microsoft Academic. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and since, UNC-Chapel Hill researchers have published more peer-reviewed articles and have been cited more than any other academic institution in the United States.
6 years ago
Disseminating Coronavirus Research
Working remotely from their home offices, the University’s librarians are helping the world’s virologists fight coronavirus by making faculty research more accessible online through the Carolina Digital Repository. The coronavirus example shows how valuable a reliable open access source can be for researchers. During the pandemic, “Researchers have identified and shared hundreds of viral genome sequences. More than 200 clinical trials...