Two alumni sitting at a table over dinner Jeanie VanWinkle PhD and Barry VanWinkle PhD This photo taken in 2017 on Barry's birthday

The Ph.D. has given me opportunities I would never have had, particularly providing a look into the collaborative efforts to determine scientific goals in fighting disease and the unanimous demand for integrity in the process.

The UNC Chapel Hill Human Resources acknowledged the total state service for the following members of the department of Biochemistry and Biophysics for the second half of 2018.

photo of Jack Griffith, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Griffith is one of 84 new members being recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. National Academy of Sciences membership is one of the highest scientific honors conferred in the United States.

photo of group 2018 UNC School of Medicine Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Retreat

The Department ranks fourth among all Biochemistry departments in the US, (both public and private institutions not just public) in 2017.

photo of Pedro N. Pozo thesis defense 2018

Pedro N. Pozo, graduate student in Cook lab publishes his first-authored paper in MBoC and he receives his PhD.

speaker photo of Dr. Mary Sure Coleman Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture 2018

Dr. Mary Sue Coleman spoke at UNC on “The Educated Citizenry: An Endangered Species?”

Thomas and Sandy credit their fulfilling careers to the education they received at UNC-Chapel Hill. To show their appreciation, they have a long history of sharing their time and talents to support Carolina.

photo of Dale Ramsden, Ph.D., UNC Prof. and Dir. of Graduate Studies for Biochemistry & Biophysics

Dale Ramsden, PhD, Prof. and Dir. of Graduate Studies for Biochemistry & Biophysics, and his colleagues published a major study in the journal Science revealing surprising findings about the way major breaks in our DNA are repaired.

photo of Brian Button PhD, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics near equipment

UNC School of Medicine and Duke University researchers, led by Brian Button, PhD, Assoc. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics, show why coughing can’t force mucus free from airways to help people battle cystic fibrosis and chronic bronchitis, and how new treatments could alter mucus to make coughing more therapeutic.

Juanita Limas, graduate student in Jean Cook lab

One of the key strengths of our program is the ability for graduate students to become an integral part of planning committees such as the Diversity in STEM and coordinating other scientific events on campus.

Courtney Vaughn, MD-PhD student in the lab of Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, was awarded the Scott Neil Schwirck fellowship.

Sessions focused on RNA Structure and Dynamics, Cellular Microenvironments, Protein Engineering and Design, and Blood Coagulation.

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Jeanie VanWinkle Looks Back – Interview with 1967 Alumna

Congratulations to Five Faculty for their Long Service to the State

Griffith elected into National Academy of Sciences

We rank 4th nationally in NIH funding in 2017!

Graduate Student Pedro N. Pozo Publishes in Molecular Biology of the Cell and receives his PhD

Dr. Mary Sue Coleman delivered The Thomas Willis Lambeth Lecture on Nov. 29

Thomas Wong Alumni in the News for his support of UNC Scholarships

By solving a mystery of gene repair, scientists uncover an exception to biology’s rules

Can Scientists Change Mucus to Make It Easier to Clear, Limiting Harm to Lungs?

Juanita Limas on planning committee for 4th Annual Diversity in STEM conference

Courtney Vaughn awarded the Scott Neil Schwirck fellowship

11th Biennial North Carolina Biophysics Symposium brought together North Carolina Biophysicists