6 years ago
August 2019 Welcome to the New Semester
The second edition of “On the Record with LP.”
Tag: Student News
6 years ago
BBSP Graduate Student Rotations available
Welcome new incoming BBSP Students. Rotation projects are available in cardiovascular disease and cancer to 1) translate lipid inhibitors of platelet aggregation into therapeutics to prevent thrombotic events and 2) use targeted and systems biology approaches to explore CIB1 in cancer cell and endothelial cell biology.
6 years ago
Why Join Biochemistry and Biophysics Graduate Program?
6 years ago
Grad Student Megan Arrington receives her PhD!
Megan successfully defended her dissertation and received her PhD on August 14, 2019. Megan Arrington, under the direction of Dr. Campbell and Dr. Loeser, successfully defended her dissertation and received her PhD on August 14, 2019! The title of her dissertation was “The molecular basis for Rac2 E62K immune deficiency”. She accepted a position at …
6 years ago
Grad Student Hyunna “Teresa” Lee receives her PhD!
Hyunna successfully defended her dissertation and received her PhD on August 12, 2019. Hyunna Lee, under the direction of Dr. Campbell, successfully defended her dissertation and received her PhD on August 12, 2019! The title of her dissertation was “Role of Metavinculin in Actin Reorganization and Force Transmission”. We wish Hyunna the best in all …
7 years ago
Incoming BBSP Students can sign up for Bioc 706
Biochemistry of Human Disease: Learn contemporary biochemical principles, cutting edge approaches, literature analysis, and current and future treatments of human disease.
7 years ago
Incoming BBSP Students invited to sign up for Bioc 701
Critial Analysis & Communication in Biochemistry: Develop a range of communication skills including science podcasting, oral presentations, and roundtable deliberation coupled with in-depth analysis of seminar speaker research over a free lunch.
7 years ago
Grad student Astor Ankney receives his PhD!
Astor successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on June 21, 2019. Astor Ankney, under the direction of Dr. Chen, successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on June 21, 2019! The title of his dissertation was “Secretotranscriptomics: A Novel Approach to the Discovery of Liquid Biopsy Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Prognosis”. We …
7 years ago
BCBP Synergy Launched!
To facilitate meetups and networking between members of BCBP, we launched BCBP Synergy.
7 years ago
Justin Rectenwald Awarded the 11th Annual “Diane Harris Leadership Award”
Congratulations to Justin Rectenwald a graduate student in Biochemistry and Biophysics, who was awarded the Diane Harris Leadership Award for exemplary public service.
7 years ago
Nazli Deger joins Sancar lab at UNC as a Fulbright scholar
Nazli Deger 2018-2019 Prof. Aziz Sancar Ph.D. Grant Program Grantee, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. See page 21 of the Turkish Fulbright Commission’s newsletter January-June 2019 Sancar lab
7 years ago
Odessa Goudy has been selected to receive a 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Odessa Goudy has been selected to receive a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF). Her proposal examined the role of a computationally designed autoinhibitory domain to investigate the impact of the actin depolymerizing factor at the nucleus. Throughout graduate school, Odessa Goudy’s broader outreach plans are to invite students into the laboratory through …