1 year ago
End-of-Year Holiday Party Highlights The department of Biochemistry and Biophysics gathered on December 13, 2022, to celebrate our accomplishments over this past year. We had a large turnout of around 160 individuals including guests and children for this fantastic event culminating in 2022. The evening began with a sit-down formal dinner and meet and greet …
1 year ago
This year, we topped $1.2B in research awards, continuing our year-to-year growth in sponsored research activity and showing gains across most disciplines. Additionally, more than 30 researchers from Carolina made Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list as trailblazers among their peers. Those recognized had papers that ranked in the top 1% of citations for field and publication year....
1 year ago
A.J. Hinton PhD of STEM Tea chats with Drs. Chrystal Starbird and Aileen Fernandez about how institutions can make meaningful diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) improvements. They talk about the needs of DEI and how this should be incorporated into the classroom from schools to undergraduate and postgraduate studies and beyond.
1 year ago
First author postdoc Zhichuan Zhu PhD, Liu lab, Jean Cook, and collaborators publish in Advanced Science available online Nov. 29, 2022 "STING Suppresses Mitochondrial VDAC2 to Govern RCC Growth Independent of Innate Immunity." STING was identified in 2008 as a critical innate immune sensor to antagonize viral/bacterial infection. Inactivation of STING especially by epigenetic silencing has been shown to facilitate tumor progression. Efforts from various UNC and BCBP labs have recently identified an innate immunity-independent function of STING in kidney cancer that can be explored as a potential therapeutic target in treating kidney cancer...
1 year ago
On November 21, 2022, the Biochemistry and Biophysics department gathered from across campus to share in a lunch for Thanksgiving in Genetic Medicine Building conference room 3007. We enjoyed Mediterranean deli and potluck dishes, sides and desserts. It was great to meet people in-person from across campus and see such a good turnout for our …
1 year ago
Dr. Chrystal Ama Starbird will be establishing her new lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
1 year ago
This publication is the result of collaboration with many researchers from UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics, Lineberger, University of Texas Southwestern, University of Edinburgh, Center for Epigenetics-Van Andel Institute, and Yale. First co-authors are Drs. Xijuan Liu and Jun Wang. Congratulations on your publication in Nature! Subjects: Breast cancer, Epigenetics, Gene Expression.
2 years ago
Our 2022 retreat was held at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham on October 21 which included departmental talks, posters, a Carer and DEI panel, and other fun activities which made for an engaging and exciting day at the museum. Our Keynote speaker was Dr. Mary Munson.
2 years ago
Congratulations to Jill Dowen, Associate Professor in the Biochemistry & Biophysics Department and the Biology Department, who received tenure as a UNC faculty effective January 1, 2023.
2 years ago
We congratulate Professors Aziz Sancar and Ronald I. Swanstrom for 40 years of state service, Zbigniew Dominski for 25 years of state service, David S. Paul and Greg Wang for 10 years of state service. Thank you to your hard work and dedication to our mission of research, teaching and service. We are a better place because of all of you!
2 years ago
We are super excited to be able to have our annual retreat this year. Our retreat will be held on October 21, 2022 at the Museum of Life and Science, Durham NC. We encourage all faculty, staff, post-docs, grad students, and rotation students to attend! The deadline for registration has been extended to September 28.
2 years ago
TEAM ADVANCE seeks associate and full professor faculty to facilitate the Peer Mentoring Circles program, which promotes community and supports professional development of early-career faculty. Respond by Sept. 25.
