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2020 School of Medicine Research Roundup
2 news highlights have been published from every department within the School of Medicine in the 2020 School of Medicine Research Roundup.
Tag: Postdoc/Scholars News
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Sancar Publishes 400th Scientific Paper
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, published his 400th scientific paper this fall in the Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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Kedziora Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant to support increased collaboration and innovations in imaging technology research
Katarzyna Kedziora, PhD, postdoctoral researcher received a five year $740,000 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to support increased collaboration and innovations in imaging technology research at the Bioinformatics and Analytics Research Collaborative at UNC-Chapel Hill for her project titled “Empowering Biologists with Deep Learning Approaches for Image Analysis.”
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‘BAH-code’ reader senses gene-silencing tag in cells (Greg Wang)
Greg Wang, PhD, and colleagues have identified an evolutionarily conserved pathway responsible for “closing down” gene activity in the mammalian cell.
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Bergmeier lab research featured on the cover of the November 2020 issue of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH)!
In collaboration with a French institute, Bergmeier lab’s research is featured on several covers of the November 2020 issues of the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH). This research first appeared in the July 2020 issue.
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Vital Signs: Election Day Follow-Up
A Message from UNC SOM leadership: Last night was a long evening for many who stayed awake watching the election returns. It appears we are in for a delay in declaring a winner
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Aleksandra Skrajna of McGinty lab publishes a 2020 breakthrough article in Nucleic Acids Research
The paper, Comprehensive nucleosome interactome screen establishes fundamental principles of nucleosome binding, was designated as a Breakthrough Article by NAR in 2020 which is an honor given to the top 1-2% of all papers.
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Pet Sitting and Subsidized Childcare Resource Available – Juggle @ UNC
UNC Health/UNC School of Medicine has created a new partnership with Juggle, a babysitting and pet sitting app to support...
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Researchers discover proton regulator of essential cancer microRNA
Zhang lab used nuclear magnetic resonance imagine to discover an RNA-centric mechanism for regulating the creation of a microRNA in response to environmental stimuli.
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David Paul, PhD and Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD publish latest research in Blood
Talin-1 is the principal platelet Rap1 effector of integrin activation PLATELETS AND THROMBOPOIESIS September 3, 2020 Recent Blood paper publication, collaborated with Mark Ginsberg, MD at UCSD to identify a unique mechanism regulating integrin-mediated platelet adhesion at sites of vascular injury
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Tackling tough challenges
By fostering collaborative research teams, Carolina is accelerating new discoveries and solutions to emerging challenges. Read the UNC.edu feature on some of the work faculty, students, postdocs, and fellows are spearheading.
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Kathryn Gunn receives the 2020 Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence
Kathryn Gunn received the 2020 Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence (PARE) from UNC Office of Postdoctoral Affairs. The 2020 PARE Awards ceremony will be held virtually on October 20, 2020 3-4:30pm. Kathryn Gunn PhD and the other awardees will give a brief presentation at the ceremony.