3 years ago
On October 14, 2022, the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics gathered on the Genetic Medicine building lawn to enjoy food, fellowship, games, and painting pumpkins. There were some sandwiches and fall-themed snacks and everyone had the chance to paint their own pumpkin with the design of their choice. This event also gave the first-year rotating …
3 years ago
Congratulations to first author Venkat R Chirasani for his research "Whole proteome mapping of compound-protein interactions" published in Current Research in Chemical Biology.
3 years ago
Congratulations to Dr. Kathryn Gunn, a postdoctoral fellow in Saskia Neher's lab, on receiving a K99 Pathway to Independence Award from the NIGMS.
3 years ago
Throughout the year we will be highlighting post-docs in our department and labs. Read more about Kathryn Gunn's background and research in the Neher lab.
3 years ago
Experiments from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, show how a common molecular tool for DNA labeling also has anticancer properties worthy of further investigation, especially for brain cancers.
3 years ago
On August 16, 2022, the BCBP postdoc committee hosted its first Postdoc Coffee Hour of 2022-23. Our Postdocs enjoyed the coffee, iced tea, and some snacks from Panera.
3 years ago
BCBP postdocs joined up with the UNC Postdoc Association (PDA) for the event Fridays on the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn. PDA hosts a postdoc meetup at Fridays on the Front Porch at the end of each month and it's a great opportunity to meet postdocs from other departments at UNC.
3 years ago
2 NIH-funded POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS available at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill to investigate the function of genes that regulate excitatory and inhibitory synapses in cortical circuits relevant to autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
4 years ago
Dr. Kanishk Jain presented a talk titled, "An acetylation-mediated chromatin switch governs H3K4 methylation read-write capability" at the Biological Methylation Conference: Fundamental Mechanisms in Human Health and Disease in June 2022.
4 years ago
Dr. Nikea Pittman is a structural biologist and STEM educator. Her specialties include engaging early-career students in active learning and protein structure/function. She joins our department with over 10 years of teaching experience, leading innovations that have impacted 500+ undergraduate and graduate students...
4 years ago
The committee made plans for future work on increasing departmental support for international postdocs and creating a guide for forming a postdoc mentoring committee. They celebrated the election of Dr. Ajit Prakash as committee Vice-Chair...
4 years ago
3 scientists who have taken different career routes shared their career journeys. The ITCMS program, in its 41st year, was established to provide postdoctoral fellows an interdisciplinary training experience, including basic and translational research opportunities with renowned investigators, and extensive scope of workshops and training modules with an emphasis on cancer model systems.
