{"id":10539,"date":"2019-08-22T09:46:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/?p=10539"},"modified":"2025-09-05T15:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:56:25","slug":"august-2019-welcome-to-the-new-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/august-2019-welcome-to-the-new-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"August 2019 Welcome to the New Semester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/07\/garden-banner.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the second edition of \u201cOn the Record with LP.\u201d The purpose of this new blog is to go beyond the news stories on our website to capture more of the many wonderful accomplishments of faculty, trainees and staff in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics (BCBP). This is a busy time of year with summer winding up and new BBSP students on campus.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>WELCOME: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to our newest faculty member, <strong>Dr. Suzanne Barbour<\/strong>! Dr. Barbour, a biochemist from University of GA, is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/suzanne-barbour-new-dean-of-unc-graduate-school-and-professor-of-biochemistry-and-biophysics\/\"> joining UNC on Sept 3<\/a> as Professor in our department and as the new Dean of the Graduate School! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/uncategorized\/suzanne-barbour-is-selected-as-the-next-dean-of-the-graduate-school\/\">Read her Q &amp; A here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome new BBSP students! We invite all <strong>new BBSP students<\/strong> to join our entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/event\/first-thursdays-meet-and-greet-happy-hour\/\">department for a welcome event<\/a> at <strong>Top of the Hill, Thursday, September 5, 4-6pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10439 size-thumbnail gr-progress\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/IMG_2255-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"TOPO Back Bar event welcome first year student talks May 2019\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/IMG_2255-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/IMG_2255-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10467 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Sept-5-Meet-and-Greet-Happy-Hour-with-UNC-Biochemistry-and-Biophysics-at-TOPO-Back-Bar-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Sept 5 Meet and Greet Happy Hour with UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics at TOPO Back Bar\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As of this writing, <strong><em>rotations are still available<\/em><\/strong> in the following BCBP-affiliated labs: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickbakerlab.org\/\">Rick Baker,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bergmeierlab.web.unc.edu\/\">Wolfgang Bergmeier<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/marsicolunginstitute\/directory\/brian-button-phd\/\">Brian Button<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campbelllab.web.unc.edu\/\">Sharon Campbell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/cooklabgroup\/home\">Jean Cook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jilldowenlab.web.unc.edu\/\">Jill Dowen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/guptalab.web.unc.edu\/lab-members\/\">Gaorav Gupta<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/jianglab.web.unc.edu\/research\/\">Guochun Jiang<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/klab.web.unc.edu\/\">Brian Kuhlman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pharmacy.unc.edu\/andrew-lee-lab\/\">Andrew Lee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unclineberger.org\/directory\/pengda-liu\/\">Pengda Liu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mcgintylab.web.unc.edu\/\">Rob McGinty<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/neherlab.web.unc.edu\/\">Saskia Neher<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/pielakgroup.web.unc.edu\/\">Gary Pielak<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/ramsdenlab.web.unc.edu\/\">Dale Ramsden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/directory\/sondek\/\">John Sondek<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/~bstrahl\/\">Brian Strahl<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/swanstrom.web.unc.edu\/\">Ron Swanstrom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/directory\/vaziri\/\">Cyrus Vaziri<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gregwanglab.com\/\">Greg Wang<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/zhangqi.web.unc.edu\/\">Qi Zhang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also invite new students to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/program\/\">reasons to join BCBP<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/program\/curriculum\/\">course offerings <\/a>and flexible curriculum.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>THESIS DEFENSE<\/u>: <\/strong>We congratulate <strong>Hyunna<\/strong> (<strong>Theresa) Lee<\/strong> on her successful Ph.D. thesis defense for her work in <strong>Sharon Campbell\u2019s lab<\/strong> on \u201cRole of Metavinculin in Actin Reorganization and Force Transmission.\u201d\u00a0We also congratulate<strong> Megan Arrington<\/strong> from Chemistry (Campbell and Loeser Labs), who defended her thesis &#8220;The molecular basis for Rac2 E62K immune deficiency,&#8221; the same week!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10540\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Lee.Hyunna-Theresa-and-Megan-Arrington-Campbell-labAugust2019-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hyunna (Theresa) Lee PhD, Megan Arrington PhD, with advisor Sharon Campbell PhD\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Lee.Hyunna-Theresa-and-Megan-Arrington-Campbell-labAugust2019-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Lee.Hyunna-Theresa-and-Megan-Arrington-Campbell-labAugust2019-1-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Lee.Hyunna-Theresa-and-Megan-Arrington-Campbell-labAugust2019-1.jpg 407w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Hyunna (Theresa) Lee PhD, Megan Arrington PhD, with advisor Sharon Campbell PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><u>CONGRATULATIONS:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We congratulate <strong>Lisa H. Phillippie<\/strong> our Post-Awards &amp; Students Services Manager for 30 years of state service and Professors <strong>Charles W. Carter<\/strong> and <strong>Gerhard W. Meissner<\/strong> for 45 years of state service.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10586\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Lisa-Phillippie-Charlie-Carter-Gerhard-Meissner-2019-service-awards-300x107.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Lisa-Phillippie-Charlie-Carter-Gerhard-Meissner-2019-service-awards-300x107.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Lisa-Phillippie-Charlie-Carter-Gerhard-Meissner-2019-service-awards.png 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Lisa Phillippie, Charlie Carter, Gerhard Meissner receive state service awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Wolfgang Bergmeier<\/strong> will be transitioning into the role of Director of Graduate Studies, as he works alongside <strong>Dale Ramsden<\/strong> for the next 6 months. Thanks Dale and Wolfgang!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10587\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Wolfgang-Bergmeier-and-Dale-Ramsden-2019-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Wolfgang-Bergmeier-and-Dale-Ramsden-2019-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Wolfgang-Bergmeier-and-Dale-Ramsden-2019.png 479w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Co-Directors of Graduate Studies, Wolfgang Bergmeier PhD and Dale Ramsden PhD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Charlie Carter<\/strong> has been elected as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amercrystalassn.org\/fellows\">Fellow of the American Crystallographic Association<\/a>. Way to go Charlie!<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>Xian Chen<\/strong> for being promoted to Full Professor. See the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/chen-promoted-to-full-professor\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ron Swanstrom<\/strong> is co-organizer of the meeting \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/meetings.cshl.edu\/meetings.aspx?meet=retro&amp;year=20\">Retroviruses<\/a>\u201d May 18-23, 2020 at Cold Spring Habor Lab.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4051\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/a-fitness-bottleneck-in-hiv-1-transmission-image2.jpeg\" alt=\"Ron Swanstrom, PhD\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/a-fitness-bottleneck-in-hiv-1-transmission-image2.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/a-fitness-bottleneck-in-hiv-1-transmission-image2-64x64.jpeg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Ron Swanstrom PhD, Professor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hot of the press &#8211; Congratulations to <strong>Greg Wang<\/strong> on the being named one of the four <a href=\"https:\/\/research.unc.edu\/2019\/08\/22\/2019-hettleman\/\">receiptants of the Hettleman Prize.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10567\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10567 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/GregWang8.2019-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Greg G. Wang PhD, associate professor of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/GregWang8.2019-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/GregWang8.2019-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Greg G. Wang PhD, associate professor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><u>EVENTS<\/u><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/news\/bcbp-synergy-launched\/\">2<sup>nd<\/sup> BCBP SYNERGY MEETUP:<\/a> Thanks again to graduate student <strong>Adam Luthman<\/strong> and faculty member <strong>Bev Errede<\/strong> for continuing to help us with \u201c<strong>BCBP Synergy<\/strong>\u201d. This informal meetup platform allows us to randomly assign willing dept members to random groups who meet up over coffee, lunch, or whatever they decide, in order to get to know one another better.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/synergy-July-2019-for-August-blog-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Group of friends meeting for BCBP Synergy lunch August 2019\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/synergy-July-2019-for-August-blog-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/synergy-July-2019-for-August-blog-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/synergy-July-2019-for-August-blog.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/uncbiochemistryandbiophysics\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=3705511589618753\">BBSP WELCOME AND POSTER SESSION:<\/a> On August 13 we welcomed the 12th cohort of BBSP students at the Poster session held in the lobby of the Genetic Medicine Building.Biochemistry &amp; Biophysics labs presented research posters to incoming BBSP graduate students. We had a great turn out this year. Thank you everyone for presenting your research to recruit new students to our department.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/overlooking-gmb-8-13-2019-300x156.png\" alt=\"overlooking gmb 8 13 2019 on poster session day\" width=\"300\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/overlooking-gmb-8-13-2019-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/overlooking-gmb-8-13-2019.png 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/cropped-posters-photo-from-Aug-13-2019-300x153.png\" alt=\"2 images of posters presentations on August 13 2019\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/cropped-posters-photo-from-Aug-13-2019-300x153.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/cropped-posters-photo-from-Aug-13-2019.png 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/uncbiochemistryandbiophysics\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=3705511589618753\">view more photos<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>AWARDS<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephan Kudlacek<\/strong>, from the Kuhlman lab received F31 fellowship Computer-based Design of Dengue Virus Vaccine Antigens<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9481\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 160px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9481 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/05\/KudlacekStephan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Stephan Kudlacek, graduate student<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Pengda Liu<\/strong> received the Joseph Li travel award from this year&#8217;s Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SBCA) meeting. Congratulations!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4858\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 117px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4858 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/Liu_Pengda-150x210.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Pengda Liu PhD\" width=\"107\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/Liu_Pengda-150x210.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/Liu_Pengda-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/Liu_Pengda-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/Liu_Pengda-731x1024.jpg 731w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/Liu_Pengda-366x512.jpg 366w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2018\/07\/Liu_Pengda.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Pengda Liu PhD, Assistant Professor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><u>NEW GRANTS<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gaorav Gupta <\/strong>received an R37 Early Investigator MERIT\u00a0 award from the NIH\/NCI to support his work on &#8220;Mre11-Dependent DNA Damage Responses in Breast Cancer Pathogenesis\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Guochung Jiang<\/strong>: received funding from NIAID\/CARE to support his CNS project titled: \u201cEstablishment of latent HIV reservoirs in the brain\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill Marzluff\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>and Zbig Dominski\u2019s<\/strong> joint RO1 GM-29832-44 \u201cControl of histone mRNA synthesis\u201d has been renewed for years 44-47.\u00a0 <em>Note that the title has not changed during that entire time!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert McGinty<\/strong> NIGMS R35\/MIRA <em>Molecular Mechanisms of Chromatin Recognition<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Leslie Parise <\/strong>NIGMS R01GM133107 <em>Molecular Mechanisms of CIB1 Signaling<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>NEW PUBLICATIONS<\/u><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>McGinty<\/strong> <strong>lab<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cathy J Anderson<\/strong>, Matthew R Baird Allen Shu, Emily H Barbour, Yuka Koyama, Mario J Borgia <strong>Robert K McGinty<\/strong>; Structural basis for recognition of ubiquitylated nucleosome by Dot1L methyltransferase. Cell Reports, 26:1681-90, 2019<\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Jiang lab<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Dual effects of the novel ingenol derivatives on the acute and latent HIV-1 infections. Yang H, Li X, Yang X, Lu P, Wang Y, Jiang Z, Pan H, Zhao L, Zhu Y, Khan I, Shen Y, Lu H, Zhang T, <strong>Jiang G<\/strong>, Ma Z, Wu H, Zhu H. Antiviral Res. 2019 Jul 9;169:104555. doi: 10.1016\/j.antiviral.2019.104555. PMID: 31295520<\/p>\n<p>Deep latency: A new insight into a functional HIV cure. Elsheikh MM, Tang Y, Li D, <strong>Jiang G<\/strong>. EBioMedicine. 2019 Jul;45:624-629. doi: 10.1016\/j.ebiom.2019.06.020. Epub 2019 Jun 18. Review. PMID: 31227439<\/p>\n<p>Gut Microbiome Alterations During HIV\/SIV Infection: Implications for HIV Cure. Crakes KR, <strong>Jiang G.<\/strong> Front Microbiol. 2019 May 22;10:1104. doi: 10.3389\/fmicb.2019.01104. eCollection 2019. Review. PMID: 31191468<\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Meissner lab<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Chirasani VR, Xu L, Addis HG, Daniel Pasek DA , Dokholyan NV,\u00a0 <strong>Meissner G<\/strong>, Yamaguchi N. A central core disease mutation in the Ca<sup>2+<\/sup> binding site of skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor impairs single-channel regulation. Am J Physiol \u2013 Cell Physiol 317, C358-C365, 2019<\/p>\n<p>From the <strong>Wang lab<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Lu R, Wang J, Ren Z, Yin J, Wang Y, Cai L,\u00a0<b><u>Wang GG<\/u><sup>#<\/sup><\/b>. A model system for studying the DNMT3A hotspot mutation (DNMT3A<sup>R882<\/sup>) demonstrates a causal relationship between its dominant-negative effect and leukemogenesis.\u00a0<i>Cancer Res<\/i>. 2019 Jul 15;79(14):3583-3594.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Jie L, Ahn JH,\u00a0<b>Wang GG<sup>#<\/sup><\/b>. Understanding histone H3 lysine 36 methylation and its deregulation in disease.\u00a0<i>Cell. &amp; Mol. Life Sciences<\/i>. 2019 Aug;76(15):2899-2916. (Invited review for a special issue of \u201cProtein Methylation in Cellular Physiology\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Zhao X, Ren Y, Lawlor M, Shah BD, Park PMC, Lwin T, Wang X, Liu K, Wang M, Gao J, Li T, Xu M, Silva AS, Lee K, Zhang T, Koomen JM, Jiang H, Sudalagunta PR, Meads MB, Cheng F, Bi C, Fu K, Fan H, Dalton WS, Moscinski LC, Shain KH, Sotomayor EM,\u00a0<b>Wang GG,<\/b>\u00a0Gray NS, Cleveland JL, Qi J<b><sup>#<\/sup><\/b>, Tao J<b><sup>#<\/sup><\/b>. BCL2 Amplicon Loss and Transcriptional Remodeling Drives ABT-199 Resistance in B Cell Lymphoma Models.\u00a0<i>Cancer Cell<\/i>. 2019 May 13;35(5):752-766.e9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"color: black\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Allison DF,\u00a0<b>Wang GG<sup>#<\/sup><\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.5pt;font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">R-loops: formation, function, and relevance to cell stress.\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\">Cell Stress<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;color: black\"> 2019; 3 (2), 38-47.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>PERSONAL NEWS OF NOTE<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n<p>If you know joint faculty member <strong>Jack Griffith<\/strong>, you know he loves cars. But, I bet you didn\u2019t know that he recently published a new paper that was peer reviewed and accepted without changes to 4 different publications, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/griffith-article.pdf\">The Litter Box,\u00a0 <\/a>of the Carolina Jaguar Club, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Jack-Griffith-PhD-with-a-few-of-his-cars-300x130.png\" alt=\"Jack Griffith PhD with a few of his cars\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Jack-Griffith-PhD-with-a-few-of-his-cars-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/biochem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/795\/2019\/08\/Jack-Griffith-PhD-with-a-few-of-his-cars.png 398w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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