
November 6, 2023
Pierre-Emmanuel N’Guetta’s Image Selected as the NDT October Journal Cover
Pierre-Emmanuel N’Guetta’s beautiful kidney image was selected for the cover of the October 2023 Nephrology Dialysis Transplation Journal.
November 6, 2023
Pierre-Emmanuel N’Guetta’s beautiful kidney image was selected for the cover of the October 2023 Nephrology Dialysis Transplation Journal.
October 6, 2023
Dr. Katie Baldwin, Assistant Prof. in CBP and the Neuroscience Center for receiving the highly prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award! This program, supported through the NIH Common Fund, recognizes and supports the country’s most creative and cutting-edge science. Click here for more details.
October 4, 2023
Visualizing Axon Pruning During development, neurons trim hundreds of excess axons in an intricately coordinated destructive process. Continue reading here.
July 31, 2023
Snider Lab Undergraduate Research Student, Jerry Whitley, participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). Click here for story.
June 21, 2023
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Kristen Scherrer who was recently recognized for her Academy of Educator (AOE) accomplishments and appointment to the Leadership Council.
June 21, 2023
Jessica Cote has been awarded a P&F award from SPLENDOR-NC (Supporting, Promoting, and Launching the Expansion of Nutrition, Diabetes, and Obesity Researchers in North Carolina). Jessica will use the award to investigate the extent to which clathrin alternative splicing regulates mitochondria function in skeletal muscle. She is a member of the Giudice Lab.
May 15, 2023
Sarah Cohen, in collaboration with Lance Johnson (UK), has been awarded an R01 from NIA to continue work on the function of lipid droplet-associated APOE in glia. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the predominant causes of disability and dependency among older people, and the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Late-onset …
May 4, 2023
Dr. Gilliland currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and as the associate dean for curriculum, where he has partnered with faculty in implementing curriculum change in the Foundation Phase in 2014 and 2023. In this new role, Dr. Gilliland will provide leadership, oversight, monitoring and execution of …
April 27, 2023
Thirty-three students at UNC-Chapel Hill have received prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields. UNC SOM recipients are Glory Dan-Dukor, McKenzie Grundy, Nichole Margaret Hondrogiannis, Dhuvarakesh Karthikeyan, and Rachel Sharp. These highly competitive fellowships recognize and support outstanding students who aim to pursue research-based master’s …
March 23, 2023
“For Her Brother” Upon watching her brother grow up and struggle with cystic fibrosis, Rhianna Lee has dedicated her life to studying the disease. Click here for article.