4 years ago
UNC School of Medicine Research Funding Increases $24 million in FY20
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, The UNC School of Medicine research funding increased by more than $24 million during fiscal year 2020.
Tag: Postdoc/Scholars News
4 years ago
Congratulations to Dr. Onur Oztas on his new position as a tenure-track Assistant Professor at Koc University the Molecular Biology & Genetics department
Dr. Oztas will join the faculty in Koc University in September 2020. In his own lab, he will pursue two main research programs: the maintenance of genome stability in plants under DNA-damaging environmental stress and the symbiotic interaction between plants and microbes. During his tenure as a postdoc in Dr. Aziz Sancar’s lab in the …
4 years ago
Thanking Carolina’s researchers: a video message from Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz
Chancellor Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, celebrates the hard work of Carolina’s researchers who have received record-high research funding and shares updates from last week’s Board of Trustees meeting.
4 years ago
We rank 5th nationally in NIH funding in 2019!
The Department ranks fifth among all Biochemistry departments in the US, (both public and private institutions not just public) in 2019. We received over $18.6 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2019.
4 years ago
Office of Research Releases Revision to Research Guidelines
Effective August 1, work windows (shifts) will no longer be required in School of Medicine research labs but 50% occupancy and social distancing must still be observed.
4 years ago
Invitation to serve on the BCBP Diversity Committee
If you are part of any particular group or not, but above all, would like to be part of the BCBP Diversity Committee please send me a brief email. We hope to have students, post-docs, staff and faculties represented. Time commitment is 1h a month and we will be working remotely. We all appreciate your …
4 years ago
Thank You For Keeping our Research Infrastructure Going
We would like to extend a big thank you to the dedicated support groups that have kept our research active during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are in gratitude for the flexibility & hard work of these outstanding members of our community.
4 years ago
UNC postdoctoral researcher joins international conversation on racism, for spotlight in Nature
UNC postdoctoral researcher joins international conversation on racism, for spotlight in Nature Nikea Pittman, PhD, a structural biologist and postdoctoral fellow at the UNC School of Medicine, was featured in a Nature article that included insights from six black scientists from the United States and Europe.
4 years ago
UNC-Chapel Hill Updates Roadmap to Fall 2020
This is a weekly update on the campus Roadmap to Fall 2020 from the UNC-Chapel Hill Office of the Provost, issued Thursday June 25.
4 years ago
Guidelines for Resuming Research Operations on June 1
In this memo, Blossom Damania, PhD, Vice Dean for Research at the UNC School of Medicine, outlines measures to allow the safe resumption of lab-based and human subjects research at the UNC School of Medicine. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, research across campus has been limited to minimal critical activities and research related to …
4 years ago
COVID-19 Funding Opportunity Tracking
The UNC Office of Research Development is aggregating COVID-19 funding opportunities for the research community. The UNC Office of Research Development is centrally tracking COVID-19 funding opportunities to provide a resource to the campus-wide research community. The funding opportunities are listed on the COVID-19 Funding Opportunities website linked here. Information about COVID-19 funding opportunities will be added to the page as they become available.
4 years ago
SOM Mental Health, Emotional Support Resources
The Mental Health/Emotional Support Resources website provides resources for all UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health system employees. The Mental Health / Emotional Support Resources website provides resources for all UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health system employees. During an infectious disease outbreak like COVID-19, it is not uncommon for people to experience …