7 years ago
Researchers develop method for identifying aggressive breast cancer drivers
This paper describes a ground-breaking multi-omics technology to discover drivers of proliferative and invasive breast tumors.
Tag: Faculty & Lab News
7 years ago
Congratulations to Faculty for their Long Service to the State
The UNC-Chapel Hill Human Resources acknowledged the total state service for the following faculty of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics. We congratulate Professors Charles W. Carter and Gerhard W. Meissner for 45 years of state service. The University recognizes and expresses appreciation for the long-term service of faculty and staff, both full-time and part-time …
7 years ago
Suzanne Barbour is selected as the next dean of The Graduate School
Q & A with Suzanne Barbour by Carolina Garduate School Magazine
7 years ago
Chen Promoted to Full Professor
Effective August 2, 2019
7 years ago
Researchers clock DNA’s recovery time after chemotherapy
The lab of Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, published a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry that could inform the creation of 'chronochemotherapies'
7 years ago
BCBP Synergy Launched!
To facilitate meetups and networking between members of BCBP, we launched BCBP Synergy.
7 years ago
Researchers identify traits linked to better outcomes in HPV-linked head and neck cancer
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.
7 years ago
The CryoEM Revolution has Arrived
$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.
7 years ago
Marzluff lab to collaborate on gene editing project
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 …
7 years ago
NIH awards nearly $2 million to Cell Microsystems to boost biomedical research
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.
7 years ago
Celebrating DNA
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 …
7 years ago
Study provides insights behind hyperactivation of key cell proliferation signal
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.