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The 2023 recipients of the Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients included Cathy Spangler recent graduate of the Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD program. Read about all the 2023 recipients here.

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UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics department celebrated Pi Day on March 14, 2023. Our event was well attended. Thank you to the BCBP social committee for this fun event.

Trivia night was a blast Spring 2023 faculty postdocs and students smiling

Graduate students, postdocs, and faculty gathered to compete in Trivia at Linda's Bar and Grill during our third happy hour of the school year.

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On the evening of March 8, 2023, the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics held a Holi celebration on the Genetic Medicine lawn. Holi is a widely celebrated festival in Hinduism, known for its vibrant colors and joyful spirit. This festival marks the arrival of spring and is a time of spreading happiness and love, with participants …

Xavier Bonner a diverse graduate student standing by a building with pilars

The Graduate School magazine highlighted Xavier Bonner a HIV researcher for Black History Month on February 27, 2023.

While you’re shaping up your must-do checklist this term, please don’t forget a critical item: take good care of your mental health and well-being.

Use some of your long weekends by learning to be a better mental health supporter.

Join an established interdisciplinary postdoctoral T32 fellowship program in basic & translational aspects of genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, pathophysiology & treatment of liver and gastrointestinal tract disorders. Goals are to attract Ph.D., M.D. and DVM postdocts to these fields & provide training in state-of-the-art research techniques. Fellowships are for 2 years, & are funded by NIH (NIDDK) Institutional T32 Training Grant. The deadline for applications is March 15.

On December 9th, Amrita Nallathambi served as a Shadow A Scientist graduate student science ambassador. Amrita is currently a 2nd year PhD student in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and also a trainee in the Molecular and Cellular Biophysics program. Amrita is a member of the Kuhlman lab.

The DEI and BCBP Social committee organized a departmental-wide celebration and potluck for the Lunar New Year on January 27, 2023. There were delicious dumplings and rice noodles from Sister Liu's dumplings and sides and desserts from members

Please view the YouTube video project produced and written by Gabrielle Dardis, a PhD Student in the Baldwin lab at this link Dowen Lab Profile. Spotlight on research in Jill Dowen’s lab Dr. Jill Dowen’s lab in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at UNC Chapel Hill studies the spatial organization of the genome, and how …

A diverse scienitst named Uriel Jean-Baptiste sits at desk in the Neher lab

Uriel Jean-Baptiste is a third-year Biochemistry graduate student in the Neher lab who studies a special lipase. Read more about his research and what brought him into science. Special thanks to Dalia Fleifel for this spotlight.

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Cathy Spangler (2022 alum) receives 2023 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award

BCBP celebrated Pi Day 2023

BCBP Trivia Night was a blast!

BCBP Holi celebration was a fun colorful event!

Student Spotlight: Xavier Bonner

Take Care of Your Mental Health

Ideas for the upcoming well-being days from UNC Healthy Heels

Open Basic Science T32 Postdoctoral Research Positions

Amrita Nallathambi, Grad student in Kuhlman lab, served as a science ambassador with Shadow a Scientist

BCBP celebrates Lunar New Year with potluck and red envelopes

Spotlight on research in Jill Dowen’s lab

Spotlight on research in the Neher lab at UNC Chapel Hill with Uriel Jean-Baptiste