Gabrielle Dardis, a BCBP graduate student in Albert Baldwin’s lab (Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center), was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Predoctoral Fellowship.

Effective Wednesday, August 19, all undergraduate in-person instruction will shift to remote learning. Courses in our graduate, professional and health affairs schools will continue to be taught as they are, or as directed by the schools. Academic advising and academic support services will be available online. Our research enterprise will remain unchanged.

Clustered heatmaps displaying STAG1, STAG2, RAD21, and CTCF signal (Z-score normalized) at a union list of STAG1 and STAG2 peaks.

Nicole Arruda (Jill Dowen lab) published a paper titled “Distinct and overlapping roles of STAG1 and STAG2 in cohesin localization and gene expression in embryonic stem cells” in Epigenetics and Chromatin (DOI:10.1186/s13072-020-00353-9). GMB student Megan Justice is a co-author. Image: Heatmaps of expression changes in Stag1 and Stag2 mutant cells and of STAG1 and STAG2 ChIP-seq; see article for details). August 10, 2020 Arruda, …

Congratulations to Jean Marie Mwiza, a graduate research assistant in Dr. Bergmeier’s Lab, for earning a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship for his project, "Determining the Platelet Signaling Pathway(s) Critical in Venous Thrombosis Pathogenesis"!

Cathy Anderson, a BCBP graduate student and a member of Rob McGinty's lab, has been awarded an NCI Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Fellow Transition Award.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, The UNC School of Medicine research funding increased by more than $24 million during fiscal year 2020.

Keean Braceros, a graduate student in Mauro Calabrese’s lab was awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) on July 17, 2020.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Graduate Student Gabrielle Dardis awarded NCI F31

Carolina Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz Updates the Roadmap August 17

Nicole Arruda in Dowen lab publishes paper in Epigenetics and Chromatin

Jean Marie Mwiza receives a Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship

Graduate Student Cathy Anderson Earns National Cancer Institute Award

UNC School of Medicine Research Funding Increases $24 million in FY20

Graduate Student Keean Braceros awarded F31

Thanking Carolina’s researchers: a video message from Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz

We rank 5th nationally in NIH funding in 2019!

Office of Research Releases Revision to Research Guidelines

Thank You For Keeping our Research Infrastructure Going

UNC-Chapel Hill Updates Roadmap to Fall 2020