Doctors could use Crispr tool to inject benign virus into foetus’s brain to ‘switch on’ key genes.  Click here for article.

The Caron Lab had a high-profile paper published in the January 4th issue of Circulation Research, along with a commentary Editorial.  Click here for article.

Retired CBP professor Royce Montgomery received the Living Legend Award at the 38th Annual Zollicoffer-Merrimon Banquet at the UNC alumni club. Seen in the photo are Royce, Kurt Gilliland, and Dr. Michael Zollicoffer (MD, UNC, 1985). Michael’s father was the 4th black medical student at UNC. The lecture and banquet...

This National Award is based on Dr. Snider’s prestigious publications and future impact to the field as a New Investigator. She will accept the award at the 2019 Experimental Biology Meeting in April.

On Tuesday, the Office of Graduate Education (OGE) and Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development recognized 10 faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill for the inaugural Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring award. The celebration was part of a larger cultural movement in the biomedical sciences to prioritize mentoring and diversify...

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Ben Philpot, PhD, discovered key details for how a deficiency in the gene UBE3A affects the brain and how replacing it could benefit children with the neuro-genetic disorder.

RALEIGH, NC.- A new exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art, “The Art of Science and Innovation,” showcases the hidden beauty of biomedical research that could help unlock new, life-saving treatments. The free exhibition runs through Jan. 14, 2019, and features stunning images from the labs of UNC School of Medicine...

Vicki Bartsch, CBP Graduate Student in the Mark Zylka lab, successfully defended her dissertation titled “Characterization of diacylglycerol kinases eta and iota in itch, pain, and psychopathological behavior in mice.”     CONGRATULATIONS, Dr. Bartsch!

Dan Summers Ph.D. joined the department in 2005 performing his dissertation research in the lab of Doug Cyr Ph.D. He investigated protein quality pathways responsible for identifying misfolded or aggregated proteins, a process that is often debilitated in neurodegeneration.

Dr. Kurt Gilliland has been appointed Associate Dean for Curriculum at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, effective November 1, 2018. Dr. Gilliland will work with faculty from numerous departments to develop and manage the content, delivery, and evaluation of the medical school curriculum.