The inaugural cohort of the CBP Biomedical Master’s Program began classes and research in August 2025. Almost halfway through the program, three students shared their experiences growing their skills, finding community, and expanding their knowledge in the program. Read their stories below. Off to the races in Taylor Hall By...

In this CBP In the Loop: Fall 2025 newsletter, explore top CBP research stories about developing a new non-addictive painkiller, targeting cell stress to maximize immunotherapy success, and a new neuroscience tool for tracking arousal states. Also read about recent research awards, graduating PhD student profiles, and stories from students...

The Department of Cell Biology and Physiology held its annual holiday party on December 10, 2025. Students, faculty, and staff from the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology gathered on December 10 to show appreciation for each other and celebrate another successful year of research and collaboration. The event included...

Vicki Morgan will retire in March 2026 after 33 years of service to the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, leaving behind a legacy of care, dedication, and excellence. Victoria Morgan, affectionately known as Vicki, the business manager for the Cell Biology and Physiology Department (CBP) at the University of...

Kathleen Caron, the chair of the UNC School of Medicine’s Cell Biology and Physiology Department recently met with a journalist from New Scientist to discuss the importance of lymphatic biology and its potential to transform our understanding of major health conditions. “In the past 20 years, we have experienced a...

Cells get stressed too and when they do, cancer therapies fail. A UNC researcher may be on the cusp of finding a solution to T cell exhaustion. When the immune system experiences prolonged cell stress, immunotherapy fails. Immunotherapy uses the body’s own immune cells, such as T cells or B...

Experts at the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy are focused on a pain drug candidate that can target an area of the brain that controls the ‘unpleasantness’ associated with pain. Chronic pain is a struggle for so many and has staggering impact on the lives...

Four CBP PhD Curriculum students received this year’s Cellular Systems and Integrative Physiology (CSIP) T32 (NIH/NIGMS) Training Awards.  The mission of the CSIP T32 Training Program is to develop a robust pool of responsible, rigorous scientists who have the skills to investigate the integrative, regulatory, and developmental physiology of higher...

From working with wild squirrels to discovering unknown G protein-coupled receptor kinases, Ellen Weiss’s research opened new doors for understanding the human eye and retinal degenerative diseases. In 1990, when Ellen Weiss picked up the phone as a postdoc in Gary Johnson’s lab at the National Jewish Center in Denver,...

Peter Mohler’s accomplishments demonstrate that cell biology and physiology graduate students can become national research and academic leaders. Peter Mohler earned his doctorate in cell and molecular physiology, the predecessor of the cell biology and physiology department and curriculum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2000....