March 23, 2023
CBP Graduate Student, Rhianna Lee, featured in Vitals Signs
“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.
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February 24, 2023
Gregory Scherrer Receives the HEAL Director’s Award for Excellence in Research
The HEAL Director’s Award for Excellence in Research recognizes HEAL-funded investigators who exemplify research excellence, support broad dissemination of key research, and demonstrate leadership in the scientific community. The 2023 awardees’ development of experimental practices, models, and approaches have had a major, transformative impact on the pain and addiction research fields.
February 17, 2023
Jimena Giudice Receives NSF CAREER Award
Jimena Giudice has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The project entitled, “Mechanotransduction, transcription, and alternative splicing in cell biology” has been awarded for five years. CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty …
February 3, 2023
New Paper from Brennwald Lab in Journal of Cell Biology
The Brennwald Lab have a new paper in the Journal of Cell Biology in collaboration with Rick Baker in the Biochemistry Department at UNC. This was the work of a talented postdoc in the lab (now an Assistant Professor at Hofstra University) Brittany Miller and Guendalina Rossi (Assistant Professor) as co lead authors who utilized …
January 26, 2023
Michelle Itano Receives CZI Grant
Michelle Itano, PhD Receives CZI Grant to Help Train the Next Generation of Imaging Scientists. Click here to read more.
January 20, 2023
CBP Emeritus Faculty Member, Dr. Michael O’Rand’s Biotech Company Receives Funding for Developing Male Contraceptive Pill
Eppin Pharma has partnered with the nonprofit Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI), which has provided the company a program related investment of up to $800,000. Read full article featured on WRAL TechWire.
October 3, 2022
Dr. Stephanie Gupton Promoted to Full Professor
Join us in sending a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Stephanie Gupton!! She has been promoted to Full Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, effective October 1, 2022.
September 2, 2022
Sophie Maiocchi receives 2022 PARE Award
The PARE Awards are given in recognition of the research promise demonstrated by individual postdoctoral scholars. Sophie Maiocchi is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the lab of Dr. Edward Bahnson.
August 18, 2022
Sarah Cohen and Mohanish Deshmukh Featured for Innovative Microscopy Work
Sarah Cohen, PhD, and Mohanish Deshmukh, PhD, researchers in the UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and the UNC Neuroscience Center, were featured scientists in a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative article on an innovative new resource helping scientists probe the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases. Click here for article.
July 7, 2022
Giudice Lab Publishes Paper in RNA
The Giudice Lab published a paper entitled “Alternative splicing regulation of membrane trafficking genes during myogenesis” in the Journal RNA. The co-first authors Emma Hinkle and Hannah Wiedner (GMB graduate students) were invited for a “Meet the First Authors” editorial feature.