Melina Kibbe, MD, and Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD

Nobel Prize Winner Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD and Melina Kibbe, MD join only twelve current and former UNC School of Medicine faculty members in the prestigious National Academy of Medicine.

An employee works in EpiCypher's lab in Durham. EpiCypher develops and sells recombinant nucleosomes — an industry first — and other products for epigenetics and chromatin research.

Renovion and EpiCypher, spinouts from the work of David Henke, MD, and Brian Strahl, PhD, respectively, were celebrated at the 2016 National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer’s University Startups Demo Day.

From a new study published in Structure, researchers in the lab of Nikolay Dokholyan have discovered a way to protect neurons from toxic effects by countering the tendency of the protein SOD1 to clump in motor neurons.

UNC researchers help piece together how the key players in DNA methylation work together during gene regulation, a key finding needed to develop better therapies.

In the September 2016 issue of ASBMB Today, postdoc in the Dohlman lab, Stephani Page (and dept graduate alum) was featured in the cover article for a piece on scientists active on social media.

Drs. Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar (left to right)

The state's highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, will be presented to six distinguished North Carolinians on Thursday, September 22. Congratulations to Drs. Aziz Sancar and Paul Modrich who are among the six honorees.

photo of Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Congratulations to Biochemistry and Biophysics faculty Jean Cook who was promoted from associate professor to full professor effective August 1, 2016.

Dr. Henrik Dohlman, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics and joint in Pharmacology has been named Chair of the Department of Pharmacology, effective Oct. 1, 2016.

Dr. Aziz Sancar poses for a photo with Chancellor Carol L. Folt, colleagues and students after being award the O. Max Gardner Award by the UNC Board of Governors.

Dr. Aziz Sancar, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics and 2015 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry earns the 2016 O. Max Gardner Award, the highest faculty honor awarded by the UNC Board of Govenors.

Findings from the lab of Dr. Richard Wolfenden, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics show that rates of spontaneous DNA mutation could have been 4,000 times higher than they are now, thanks to a hotter planet billions of years ago.

Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, Nobel Laureate (Photo by Max Englund, UNC School of Medicine)

Each year on Independence Day, the organization publishes its list entitled “Great Immigrants: The Pride of America” to honor the accomplishments of notable immigrants. Dr. Aziz Sancar, 2015 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry is a 2016 Carnegie Corporation honoree.

Congratulations to Jill Dowen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics and Biology for her selection as a 2016 Sidney Kimmel Foundation Scholar in cancer research.

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Sancar and Kibbe elected to National Academy of Medicine

Two UNC School of Medicine startup companies featured in Congressional event

New ALS discovery: scientists reverse protein clumping involved in neurodegenerative conditions

An Epigenetic First: researchers pinpoint protein’s role in key biological process

Stephani Page featured on cover of ASBMB Today

Sancar to receive the NC Award, the state’s highest honor

Cook Promoted to Full Professor

Dohlman named Chair of the Department of Pharmacology

Aziz Sancar accepts 2016 O. Max Gardner Award

Evolution may have moved at a furious pace on a much warmer Earth

Carnegie Corporation tabs Aziz Sancar as “Great Immigrant” honoree

Jill Dowen receives a 2016 Kimmel Scholar Award