Our graduate student spotlight of October 2023 is Abigail (Ballard) Kordeliski, a Platelet researcher in the Bergmeier Lab. Learn more about her research and interests away from the bench.

The Biochemistry and Biophysics department at UNC Chapel Hill celebrated National Hispanic Heritage Month on Friday afternoon, October 6th, in the GMB 3rd-floor atrium and organized by our DEI Cultural and Intra/Intergroup Relations subcommittee.

Benjamin Kornegay, a graduate student in Jill Dowen's lab, is the recipient of a 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program (GDEP) award. Selected from a pool of exceptionally talented applicants...

Aki Braceros phd candidate Fall 2023. She is a diverse student.

Aki Braceros successfully defended her dissertation under the direction of Dr. Mauro Calabrese on September 8, 2023, and she has received her PhD. The title of her dissertation is “Epigenetic regulation of gene expression by long non-coding RNAs.”

The UNC RNA Discovery Center has awarded three fellowship grants to support innovative research investigating various roles of RNA in health and disease. Two out of the three fellowships were awarded to members of the BCBP department. The Collaborative Team Science Fellowship goes to Qi Zhang, PhD, Joshua Boyer, PhD, and Ron Swanstrom, PhD. James Emerson was awarded the Marzluff Graduate Fellowship.

Learn more about our current graduate students in our new spotlight series for the academic year 2023-2024. Our September spotlight features Dalia Fleifel who is a graduate student in the Biochemistry PhD program and member of the Cook lab.

On August 15, 2023, a group of Indian trainees at UNC celebrated India’s 77th Independence Day. The day marks the date on which India got its independence, in 1947. It is celebrated every year in the remembrance of the freedom fighters who sacrificed their lives to free India from the ruling Britishers, back then. The …

over looking summer intern poster session many are undergrads long hall way with many posters

Thank you to all of our summer interns for your contributions. We look forward to hearing more from you in the future. Please connect with us on Linked in and other social media platforms.

From left to right: Tanvi Rudran at the 2023 Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Robert Lee PhD, assistant professor.

This study, “Protease-activated receptors and glycoprotein VI cooperatively drive the platelet component in thromboelastography”, now in print in JTH with open access, was a collaborative effort between Robert Lee, Wolfgang Bergmeier and other members of the UNC Blood Research Center, and was driven by an outstanding undergraduate student Tanvi Rudran...

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In case you missed the introduction, meet our new entering class of students.

Congratulations to BCBP grad student Derek Bolhuis & the Nick Brown Lab in PHCO on their achievement in helping solve the cryo-EM structure of human UBR5...

The event was well attended by not only members of our department but also mutual friends and colleagues. The celebration was not only an occasion for participants to show support by brainstorming ideas to build a better community but also proof of the wonderful BCBP team.

Tag: Student News

Student Spotlight: Abigail (Ballard) Kordeliski in the Bergmeier Lab

A Taste of Hispanic Culture: Biochemistry and Biophysics Department’s Celebration

Benjamin Kornegay receives Burroughs Wellcome Fund Graduate Diversity Enrichment Program award

Aki Braceros earns her PhD!

UNC RNA Discovery Center awards inaugural fellowship grants

Graduate Student Spotlight: Dalia Fleifel

Indian students at UNC celebrated India’s 77th Independence Day on GMB Lawn

Thank you to all our summer interns on 2023 national intern day!

Lee and Bergmeier publish in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

9 students join our program in 2023!

Graduate Student Derek Bolhuis helped solve the cryo-EM structure of human UBR5

BCBP hosts June 2023 Pride event