Jack Griffith sitting in front of his electron microscope

Jack Griffith, PhD, whose work focuses on the use of electron microscopy, has been contributing to research at Carolina for 46 years. Read about Jack's research.

Pengda Liu and his lab sitting around a dinner table celebrating after a lab meeting in 2024

The Liu lab consists of a group of young scientists with passion for biomedical research. The goal of Liu lab is to better understand deregulated signaling events in cancer to search for new drug targets and develop new treatment modalities. One focus of the Liu lab is on the ubiquitin/kinase signaling to define cancer type …

Brian Strahl, PhD, was promoted to Associate Dean for Basic Research for UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine on September 1, 2024. He reports to the Vice Dean for Research, Blossom Damania, PhD, and focuses on overseeing the infrastructure, communication and development necessary to bolster the growing research enterprise of the SOM. He has been …

3 professionals shown for the Yang family scholars

Sarah Linnstaedt, PhD, Benjamin Vincent, MD, and Pengda Liu, PhD, were selected as Yang Family Biomedical Scholars in the eighth installment of this annual School of Medicine award. Please join us in celebrating the new class of Yang Scholars at a seminar and reception on August 27 at 9:30 AM in 1131 Bioinformatics Building. Coffee and refreshments will also be available at 9:00 AM.

Congratulations to our faculty. Their proposals were chosen for Tier 2 Stimulus Awards, which provide up to two years and $200,000 each in total support. The development award program is funded by the University Cancer Research Fund, the National Cancer Institute cancer center support grant and other sources. The recipients were drawn from a pool of 47 applicants.

Drs. Al-Turki and Griffith walking down a lab hallway

Taghreed Mohammed Al-Turki, PhD, a postdoc in the lab of Jack Griffith, PhD, describes her long, difficult, and rewarding journey of becoming a telomere scientist as a first-time mother. View video and read more about her research.

Congrats to Creativity Hubs Winners! "The Human MHC project "Revolutionizing Cancer Therapy by Total Sequencing of the MHC Peptidome" Co-PIs: Leon G. Coleman, Benjamin Vincent, Dan Dominguez, Brian Kuhlman, Albert Bowers, Krzysztof Krajewski and 4 other teams on their funding to execute their project over the next two years, for a combined total of $1.87 million.

blue colored Cells on left, on right Jean Cook, Brandon Mourey

Researchers in the lab of Jean Cook, PhD, chair and professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, have identified the cellular processes that occur when you take a cancer drug meant to stop rapid cell growth in tumors. Brandon Mouery is the first author on this research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

guochun jiang phd assistant professor UNC HIV Cure Center, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID), and Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

The Jiang lab received a grant for the project titled: Histone decrotonylation uniquely regulates HIV latency from NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for $674,184.

Grimsley, a graduate student in the Starbird lab, is investigating genetic variations of ABCA7, a protein that has been shown to increase one’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

large group of 70 people outside a building for the RNA retreat in May 2024

RNA Retreat on May 21, featured talks and poster presentations by faculty and trainees, including Ike Emerson, the Bill Marzluff Graduate Student Fellowship Award recipient, Jackson Trotman, PhD, the Bill Marzluff Postdoctoral Fellowship Award recipient, and Josh Boyer, PhD, one of the RDC Collaborative Team Science Fellowship Award recipients.

Justin Jenson white male in a blue dress shirt next to a white wall

Justin Jenson, PhD has joined the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics as a tenure-track Assistant Professor, effective June 24, 2024. His research focuses on anti-phage systems that contain functional homologs of human immunity pathways.

Tag: Faculty & Lab News

Dr. Jack Griffith featured in UNC Research

Liu Lab spotlight: recent publications and new grant

Strahl promoted to SOM Associate Dean for Basic Research

UNC School of Medicine Names 2023-24 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars

Sharon Campbell and Jean Cook were awarded Tier 2 Lineberger developmental research grants

“You Can Be Both,” A Single Mom’s Journey to Becoming a Renowned Telomere Scientist (Griffith lab)

Team Scientists selected for Carolina’s Creativity Hubs funding

Brandon Mouery first author in Cook lab research featured in Vital Signs

The Jiang lab received a grant for $674,184 from NIAID

Skylar Grimsley (Starbird lab) in Vital Signs

Ike Emerson and Josh Boyer Fellowship Award recipients at RNA Discovery Center’s inaugural retreat

Welcome Justin Jenson our new faculty member