6 years ago
Campbell and Bergmeier labs collaborative research makes cover of JTH!
Campbell and Bergmeier labs collaborative research featured on the cover of the March 2020 issue of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH)!
Tag: Faculty & Lab News
6 years ago
Robert Lee PhD promoted to Research Assistant Professor
On March 1, 2020, Robert Lee, Ph.D. was promoted to Research Assistant Professor. His research is centered around platelet signaling and function.
6 years ago
Parise named Dean of the University of Vermont’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Leslie Parise, PhD has been named Dean of the University of Vermont's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Leslie will begin her new position on May 15.
6 years ago
Congrats Qi Zhang and Saskia Neher on Teams Receiving Emerging Challenges Grants
The UNC School of Medicine awarded the 2019 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research Awards to five teams conducting basic science research in the fields of machine-learning, flaviviruses, vaping, and LPL trafficking The School of Medicine Office of Research provided five teams up to $50,000 in funding as part of the 2019 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical …
6 years ago
UNC School of Medicine NIH Funding Jumps More Than $23 Million in Federal FY 2019
All six basic science departments rank in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding, according to a new report by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research, and 12 clinical departments rank in the top 30.
6 years ago
Researchers implicate gene in DNA errors in aggressive breast cancer
Researchers led by UNC BCBP’s Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, described the role of a mutation in the Mre11 gene in triple negative breast cancer and how a disruption of Mre11 function plays a significant role in the genomic instability of that cancer type. February 17, 2020 A hallmark of triple negative breast cancer, an aggressive …
6 years ago
SOM Biomedical Research Core Voucher Program – FY20 Awarded Projects
Congratulations to our faculty on the funding from the SOM Biomedical Research Core Voucher Program.
6 years ago
Aziz Sancar named recipient of 2019 Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award.
6 years ago
UNC School of Medicine Celebrates 2019-20 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars
The award, which recognizes the research achievements of young tenured faculty, is made possible through a generous donation from Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang with additional financial support from Mr. To Hing Wu. This is the fourth annual class of Yang Family Biomedical Scholars, and the recipients are Chad Pecot, Li Qian, Gregory Scherrer, Greg Wang.
6 years ago
Key Molecular Machine in Cells Pictured in Detail for the First Time
Histone mRNA-cleaving machine, crucial for healthy cell division, yields up its secrets after almost half a century of research. Zbigniew Dominski, PhD, and William Marzluff, PhD, led this effort at the UNC School of Medicine, along with key collaborators at Columbia University and Rockefeller University.
6 years ago
Study finds blood test accurately tracks HPV-linked head and neck cancer
Bhisham Chera, MD, and Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, led a study of a blood test to accurately detect HPV-linked head and neck cancer recurrence and confirm when there was no evidence of disease.
6 years ago
UNC researchers develop new technology to identify inflammation – Dr. Leslie Parise (Charlotte Post)
Inflammation is a hallmark of many health conditions, but quantifying how the underlying biology of inflammation contributes to specific diseases has been difficult. For the first time, UNC researchers and colleagues now report the development of a new technology to identify white blood cells called neutrophils that are primed to eject inflammatory DNA into the circulation via a process called NETosis.