5 years ago
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
Tag: Student News
6 years ago
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...
6 years ago
Odessa Goudy presented at 3MT finals
Odessa Goudy presented her thesis “From Computer Models to Cancer Drugs: Creating Inhibitor Proteins to Combat Cancer” in 3 minutes at the UNC Graduate School’s 3MT finals on October 21.
6 years ago
Student Spotlight: Najla Ward-Conyers
Najla Ward-Conyers, an undergraduate researcher in Neher lab was featured on the Chancellor’s Science Scholar website for 2020 University Research Week.
6 years ago
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.
6 years ago
Odessa Goudy makes it to Three Minute Thesis finals
Congratulations to graduate student Odessa Goudy in the Brian Kuhlman lab for making it to the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) finals! As part of the UNC Research Week, the Finals will be live streamed on October 21, 2000 at 7 pm. Please cheer on Odessa virtually on Wednesday night.
6 years ago
Graduate Student Cathy Spangler in McGinty lab uses cryo-EM to determine structure of cGAS
Cathy Spangler published a paper in collaboration with Joshua Boyer, Joshua Strauss, Andrew Cesmat, Pengda Liu, Robert McGinty, and Qi Zhang, titled "Structural basis of nucleosome-dependent cGAS inhibition."
6 years ago
Researchers Reveal Safeguarding of a Key DNA Sensor in the Innate Immune System
Led by Qi Zhang, PhD, and Robert McGinty, MD, PhD, UNC-Chapel Hill scientists used cryo-electron microscopy technology to produce the first-ever high-resolution structure of the protein cGAS bound to the DNA packaging unit inside human cell nuclei, revealing how cGAS responds to foreign or damaged DNA, but not the body’s healthy DNA.
6 years ago
UNC-Chapel Hill ranked 30th in 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities
Carolina also ranked in the top 20 for 11 academic subject areas according to the 2020 Academic Ranking of World Universities released by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy on August 15.
6 years ago
Liu and Damania Labs identified new proteins controlling cGAS activation
Hyperactivation of innate immunity results in autoimmune diseases, while deficiency in innate immunity is prone to tumorigenesis. Thus, the activity of innate immune signaling is tightly controlled but the regulatory mechanisms have not been fully elucidated. Recently, the labs of Liu and Damania published a study in iScience revealing a role of the bacterial protein streptavidin in binding and facilitating cGAS activation.
6 years ago
Dowen lab untangles another part of the 3D genome
It is known that the three-dimensional organization of the genome within the nucleus is important for proper gene expression and ultimately development. The mechanisms behind this organization, however, are not yet fully understood. Recently, the lab of Jill Dowen, PhD, published a study in Epigenetics & Chromatin solving a piece of this complex puzzle.
6 years ago
University leaders announce important academic updates
Carolina is pausing all undergraduate instruction on Aug. 24 and Aug. 25 to help students catch their breath and make the transition to remote learning. Undergraduate classes will resume Aug. 26