
1 month ago
A former staff member highlighted in UNC Research Rooted
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“
1 month ago
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“
2 months ago
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...
3 months ago
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.
3 months ago
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.
7 months ago
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.
7 months ago
Support for all! July is BIPOC Mental Health Awareness Month, a time set aside to promote mental health awareness in all communities and among all races and cultures. Find available employee resources and assistance...
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
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.
1 year ago
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.
2 years ago
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...
2 years ago
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.