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7 months ago

UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics NIH Funding Ranks 4th among Public Universities

We remain one of the most hashtag#NIH-funded hashtag#biochemistry programs in the nation, according to the most recent Blue Ridge Institute rankings. We are proud of all our hashtag#research teams for their hard work and accomplishments! Since our founding in 1935, we are proud to have contributed important scientific advances, and we routinely rank among the top departments in the field. In 2023 we ranked 5th overall for NIH funding and 4th for public institutions.

Sourav Kumar Patra at poster

7 months ago

New study unveils, a natural evidence of minimal functional aminoacyl tRNA synthetase Urzyme model fetched from genomic database

This study, “A genomic database furnishes minimal functional glycyl-tRNA synthetases homologous to other, designed class II urzymes”, now Online in Nucleic Acids Research journal with open access, was driven by first author Dr. Sourav Kumar Patra. Carter lab previously designed the urzymes but this time we found it from natural source. Which Supports our AI driven study of Urzyme model throughout past many years.

Dr. Brian Kuhlman

8 months ago

2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Honors Work Linked to UNC Scientist: Dr. Brian Kuhlman

Special recognition to Dr. Brian Kuhlman at UNC, whose work during his postdoc with David Baker contributed to this groundbreaking achievement. Dr. Kuhlman's contributions are referenced in the Nobel Prize documentation, see Ref. #17 is Kuhlman et al. From page 7 Nobel Prize doc. "The breakthrough in computational de novo protein design came in 2003 when David Baker and coworkers published the design and crystallographic validation of a 93-residue α/β-protein named Top7.” read more...