Group of friends meeting for BCBP Synergy lunch August 2019

BCBP Synergy was created to facilitate meetups and networking between members. Please join the spring 2020 BCBP Synergy groups.

In some patients with blood disorders, platelet transfusion therapy doesn’t work. UNC School of Medicine scientists used real-time imaging and mouse models to show why. Their work could guide clinical studies and better use of platelet therapy.

Cryo Electron Microscopy (Cryo EM) Core launches website.

Juanita Limas (left) works at a lab bench with Amiee Littlejohn.

Sophomore Amiee Littlejohn got more than she bargained for when she took a job cleaning beakers in a lab at Carolina. Now she’s pursuing a career in cancer research.

Circadian rhythmicity of metabolic processes has a significant impact on physiology and behavior. National Human Genome Research Institute

In the time it takes for an Amazon Prime delivery to arrive, cells damaged by chemotherapy can...

photo of David_Thieker Kuhlman lab postdoc 2019

David Thieker PhD postdoctoral research associate in Kuhlman lab received first place in the scientific poster competition.

Congratulations to Dr. Wentao Li, postdoctoral research associate in the Sancar lab who received a highly competitive K99 Pathway to Independence Award from NIH effective September 6, 2019.

The lab of Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, published a paper in the Journal of Biological Chemistry that could inform the creation of 'chronochemotherapies'

Three postdoctoral fellows receive the Joseph S. Pagano Award which recognizes their leadership of notable scientific publications.

In the online magazine American Scientist in the Science Culture blog, a Cook lab scientific image of cells was showcased. The article, “Finding Beauty in Microscopy,” by Stacey Lutkoski, addresses how Biologists blur the line between art and science. Special thanks to Jacob Matson and Jean Cook for this image that appears to be abstract …

department photo of unc biochemistry and biophysics in 2018

We appreciate our graduate students for all thier hard work and accomplishments to teaching and research! Graduate students come and enjoy your week of events here at BCBP. We are glad to have you all here! (Most of our events are not limited just to graduate students and we’d love to share these activities with faculty, staff, and post-docs!)

Images by UNC School of Medicine scientists including Cook lab were among those chosen for an exhibition of work by at the North Carolina Museum of Art.

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Scientists Visualize Competition Between Healthy, Dysfunctional Platelets

New Cryo Electron Microscopy (Cryo EM) Core website

From cleaning beakers to doing cutting-edge research

Researchers clock DNA’s recovery time

Former trainees share career insights at UNC Lineberger’s 44th Annual Postdoc-Faculty Research Day

Wentao Li receives a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award

Researchers clock DNA’s recovery time after chemotherapy

UNC Lineberger recognizes Pagano Award recipients

Cook “An Eye on the Future” image in American Scientist

BCBP Student Appreciation Week April 1-5 Events

Art and science come together in N.C. Museum of Art exhibition