Amanda Chang with UNC Well image in the background

Amanda Chang was a former staff member in our department. Read more about her interests and career journey at UNC. UNC Research’s “Rooted: Amanda Chang – UNC Research“

collage of 8 photos from Christmas party with awardees

We held our annual end-of-year holiday party at the Kenan Conference Center. Latasha Mingo MBA introduced our chair, Jean Cook PhD, who shared our growth and successes over the past year. Qi Zhang PhD announced our monthly themes for our upcoming Inclusive Gatherings for 2025. Dr. Silvia Ramos announced awards...

KC Copper at the Puttery in Charlotte, NC. A place to play putt putt while enjoying a mixed drink or food.

Meet KC Cooper, research technician. Her work is focused on cGAS-like enzymes in prokaryotes and their role in anti-phage defense in the Jenson lab.

text "BCBP Equipment committee awarded $40K for anew autoclave! Leiah Carey and Jesse Arp, equipment committee co-chairs" images of fireworks and photo of Leiah Carey PhD

Special thanks to our Equipment Committee co-chairs: Leiah Carey PhD, Research Associate in the Campbell lab and Jesse Arp, Accountant for all their hard work to get this award for the UNC biochemistry and biophysics department.

On July 10 we held our inaugural Staff Retreat at the Rizzo Center. Special thanks to Latasha Mingo, MBA, Director of Finance and Administration, for organizing. Latasha and our Chair Dr. Jean Cook spoke about our departmental history, mission, plans for growth, and goals.

Our annual research retreat included a keynote talk by Dr. Linda Columbus from the University of Virginia. She is an expert in the biophysics of membrane proteins, particularly regarding bacterial pathogenesis and host-pathogen interactions. Read all our highlights.

John, Jeff, Holly, and Rhonda from the Biochemistry and Biophysics department were nominated for the 2023 Dean’s Performance Awards due to their extraordinary efforts. The winners were announced at the School of Medicine Annual Staff Summit on October 3, 2023.

On Monday, October 2, 2023, Ellie Frost joined our department as our new Pre-Award Specialist. Ellie is supervised by Nhandi Kenion. She can be reached at azure@live.unc.edu.

Cam Sutton of UNC Strahl lab in a suit and tie 2023

Cam provided an update after working in the Biochemistry and Biophysics department as an undergraduate researcher for 3 years. He balances experiments, coursework, and volunteer work.

Meet Hajar Zaheer “I graduated with a B.S. in Systems Biology from Virginia Tech just this spring! I'm joining the Kuhlman Lab as a postbac research assistant for one year under an NSF-funded Rosetta Commons program and will be working with Nick Randolph on protein sequence design and structure prediction...

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.

Our new Director of Finance and Administration, Latasha Mingo, will join the department on April 17, 2023.

Tag: Staff News

A former staff member highlighted in UNC Research Rooted

Department announces winners of our BCBP 2024 Excellence Awards

Welcome Research staff KC Cooper to BCBP and Jenson lab

BCBP Equipment Committee Awarded $40K for a new autoclave!

BCBP Staff Retreat held on July 10 at the Rizzo Center

The 2023 Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Retreat was held on October 19 at the Cookery in Durham

BCBP Staff nominated for the 2023 Dean’s Performance Awards

Welcome Ellie Frost our new Pre-Award Specialist

Research staff spotlight: Cam Bussey-Sutton, Research Technician in Strahl lab

Welcome research staff member – Hajar Zaheer

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

Latasha Mingo will serve as our new Director of Finance and Administration