12 hours ago
Advancing new Ewing sarcoma therapy
Xiaodong Wang, PhD, and Pengda Liu, PhD, were awarded a $3.8 million NCI grant to develop a promising targeted treatment for Ewing sarcoma, a rare and aggressive pediatric cancer.
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1 day ago
A New Giant in Structural Biology – and It’s Coming to UNC
The UNC Cryo-EM Core is receiving the Titan Krios G4, one of the most powerful cryo-electron microscopes in structural biology, later this year. That investment extends to everyone – UNC researchers, institutions across the region, and industry alike...
1 week ago
Congratulations to Dillon Sloan who earned his PhD
Dillon Sloan successfully defended his thesis entitled “CCDC32 and the membrane mediate AP-2 assembly” and earned his PhD in Biochemistry and Biophysics on July 1, 2026. Dillon Sloan was a PhD graduate student in Rick Baker’s lab. Baker lab website: Research, What we do
2 weeks ago
Liu Lab Receives Maia James Sarcoma Innovation Grant Award
The Liu Lab was recently awarded a Maia James Sarcoma Innovation Grant in support of Ewing sarcoma research. The Liu Lab focuses on developing novel antibody-drug conjugates to advance targeted therapies for Ewing sarcoma. Representatives from the Strides for Sarcoma foundation visited UNC on May 27, 2026, to present a ceremonial check, meet with lab …
4 weeks ago
Welcome New Faculty members
The UNC Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics is pleased to announce the addition of two new faculty members, Drs. Stefan Niekamp and Cristina Santarossa. Stefan Niekamp, PhD will join the department as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the spring. Presently, he is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Kingston Lab at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard …
1 month ago
Dan Dominguez receives 2026 Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Dan Dominguez on being honored as the recipient of the 2026 Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement! Dr. Dominguez is an Adjunct Associate Professor joint with Pharmacology.
8 months ago
Adam Luthman earned his PhD
Adam Luthman, a graduate student of Dr. Dale Ramsden, defended his thesis and earned his PhD on November 14, 2025. His defense is entitled “Fidelity of DNA Double Strand Break Repair by Nonhomologous End Joining” Congratulations to Dr. Luthman!
6 years ago
Hanna Trzeciakiewicz earns TWO (not just one) internal UNC awards!
Hanna Trzeciakiewicz, PhD, our recent alumna and former Biochemistry graduate student, was awarded two, not just one, honorable and prestigious UNC awards. Hanna was selected to receive the 2020 Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award in the area of Biological and Life Sciences. The faculty review committee and The Graduate School commended Hanna and her dissertation committee …
6 years ago
Aziz Sancar named recipient of 2019 Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award
Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Hyman L. Battle Distinguished Cancer Research Award.
6 years ago
American Society of Hematology Selects Robert H Lee to Receive 2020 Scholar Award
Robert H Lee, postdoctoral fellow has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to receive one of ASH’s most prestigious research award programs, the ASH Scholar Award.
6 years ago
UNC researchers develop new technology to identify inflammation – Dr. Leslie Parise (Charlotte Post)
Inflammation is a hallmark of many health conditions, but quantifying how the underlying biology of inflammation contributes to specific diseases has been difficult. For the first time, UNC researchers and colleagues now report the development of a new technology to identify white blood cells called neutrophils that are primed to eject inflammatory DNA into the circulation via a process called NETosis.
6 years ago
Innovation and Collaboration: Virtual Lung Project
The Campaign for Carolina has showcased the Virtual Lung Project for its innovation in combating respiratory diseases. Scientists and researchers in applied mathematics, chemistry, physics, biochemistry and biophysics have come together with the long-term goal of permanent treatment of COPD and other chronic lung conditions.