While the health risks linking tobacco use by pregnant woman has been long understood, vaping presents a new frontier. A recent study from the lab of Kathleen Caron, PhD, shows that there are some definite ill effects of e-cigarettes and the health of the offspring. Read the whole cover story...

Jimena Giudice, PhD, assistant professor in the UNC Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, and graduate students in the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology at UNC-Chapel Hill, co-authored a feature story on alternative splicing for The Scientist. Click here to read article

This year’s Yang Family Biomedical Scholars:  Chad Pecot (Medicine/Lineberger), Li Qian (Pathology, MHI), Greg Scherrer (Cell Biology/Neuroscience) and Greg Wang (Biochemistry/Lineberger).  See the press release in Vital Signs. The Dean’s office will host a special lecture highlighting the research of the Scholars on February 14, 2020 at 2:30pm in 1131 Bioinformatics.  Please save...

All of us at Cell Biology and Physiology wish you and your families a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!  We send wishes for safe travels!

Researchers are learning about the differences in the underlying biology of patients with severe and milder forms of Alexander disease, a rare neurodegenerative condition that is often fatal to young children. Click here to read article

The Researcher Signature Series features researchers across the School of Medicine. Read about Stephanie Gupton, PhD, Associate Professor of the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, in our second issue.

The 21st Annual Carl W. Gottschalk Lecture was held on Monday, October 28th!! Featured guest speaker, Dr. David G. Harrison, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Betty and Jack Bailey Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology “Mechanisms of Immune Activation and Its Impact on Hypertension”

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Ben Philpot, PhD, will build upon research previously funded by the Pitt-Hopkins Research Foundation to develop a therapy to treat children with this neurodevelopmental disorder.

On August 28, 2019, the Teaching Scholars Program graduated 14 faculty from the year-long program. At the ceremony, the Scholars presented their scholarly work, on a variety of topics, aimed to enhance the medical education environment at the School of Medicine.

Led by Kathleen Caron, PhD, UNC School of Medicine researchers found that e-cigarette use during pregnancy impairs metabolic health in animal models.