To facilitate meetups and networking between members of BCBP, we launched BCBP Synergy.

Using a new blood test that’s in development, University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers identified characteristics that could be used to personalize treatment for patients with a type of head and neck cancer linked to HPV infection.

Joshua Strauss and Saskia Neher stand beside the Cryo-EM equipment

$3-million instrument will bring exciting new capabilities to researchers across the university and others in the RTP area. The Talos Artica will be the centerpiece of the new cryoEM core facility, directed by Joshua Strauss, PhD.

photo of William Marzluff, PhD distinguished faculty of biochemistry and biophysics and joint with biology

UNC researcher, William Marzluff, PhD, William Rand Kenan Professor in the UNC School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, will collaborate with Research Triangle Park-based Cell Microsystems in an effort to speed the use of CRISPR technology in lab experiments. The company was awarded two federal Small Business Innovation and Research awards totaling $1.9 …

The lab of William Marzluff, PhD, UNC Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics will collaborate with Cell Microsystems on gene editing projects to speed up the use of CRISPR workflows in lab experiments.

Today is National DNA Day, which commemorates the publication of the first scientific papers to explain the structure of DNA in 1953. In the cell, DNA is never alone. It is always complexed with proteins that help replicate the genetic code, to generate RNA – the language of proteins – or help the DNA combine …

photos of Pengda Liu PhD and Shelton Earp MD

In a study in Nature Communications, Pengda Liu, PhD, Shelton Earp, MD, and their collaborators reported discoveries about a key signaling pathway that can be hyperactive in kidney cancer.

In the online magazine American Scientist in the Science Culture blog, a Cook lab scientific image of cells was showcased. The article, “Finding Beauty in Microscopy,” by Stacey Lutkoski, addresses how Biologists blur the line between art and science. Special thanks to Jacob Matson and Jean Cook for this image that appears to be abstract …

Brian Kuhlman PhD professor of UNC biochemistry and biophysics

The award recognizes scientists whose work excels in two key elements: “more productive use of computers to accelerate and facilitate research, and ready access of these programs for the scientific community.”

Congratulations to Saskia Neher, Associate professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who received tenure as a UNC faculty effective April 1, 2019.

Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC, has been awarded the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) Outstanding Investigator Award (R35), which supports accomplished leaders in blood research.

Todd Cohen, PhD, and Jonathan Schisler, PhD, will investigate the new ideas related to the regulation of the Tau protein, which plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Tag: Faculty & Lab News

BCBP Synergy Launched!

Researchers identify traits linked to better outcomes in HPV-linked head and neck cancer

The CryoEM Revolution has Arrived

Marzluff lab to collaborate on gene editing project

NIH awards nearly $2 million to Cell Microsystems to boost biomedical research

Celebrating DNA

Study provides insights behind hyperactivation of key cell proliferation signal

Cook “An Eye on the Future” image in American Scientist

DELANO AWARD FOR COMPUTATIONAL BIOSCIENCES Kuhlman solves protein puzzles with a modeling program

Congratulations to Saskia Neher, promoted to Associate Professor

Wolfgang Bergmeier awarded NHLBI Outstanding Investigator Award (R35)

Cohen, Schisler awarded $3.1 million Alzheimer’s grant