The Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine (ACCLAIM) is a UNC School of Medicine one-year program, started in 2012, that provides leadership and career development opportunities to faculty members (ACCLAIM Scholars), with an emphasis on those underrepresented in medicine.

The National Institute on Aging awarded a $2.6-million, five-year grant to UNC’s Mohanish Deshmukh’s lab to explore miR-29, a key molecule that helps mature brain cells avoid death.

Long-time faculty member Peter Petrusz was a leader in the study of hormones important for the growth, development, and maintenance of neural structures.

The axon guidance cue netrin-1 and its receptor DCC promote axon branching in developing cortical neurons. In this study, we detail a novel molecular mechanism by which the brain-enriched E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM9 orchestrates multimerization of DCC, requisite activation of FAK and Src family kinases, and increases in exocytic vesicle...

Spencer Smith has been selected to receive the 2017 Ruth and Phillip Hettleman Prize for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement. The award is one of the University's most prestigious acknowledgments of faculty excellence. Congratulations Dr. Smith!!

The five-year NSF project led by UNC researcher Spencer Smith will develop new imaging systems and technology to explore the brain like never before.

Matt received his PhD in Immunology from M.D. Anderson, Houston and is an accomplished bench-scientist who has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. Most recently, he has been working in the Thurston Arthritis Research Center, with Dr. Terri Tarrant, exploring the role of GRK3 as a regulator of...

Congratulations to Scott Parnell who received his U01 entitled "Exploring the Genetics of FASD in Complementary Mouse and Fish Models".

The labs of Mark Zylka, Ben Major, both in the Dept. of Cell Biology and Physiology, and Mike Emanuele identified a link between the E3 ubiquitin ligase Ube3a, the proteasome, and Wnt signaling. This collaboration harnessed the Zylka labs expertise at studying an autism-linked Ube3a mutation, the Major labs expertise...

Congratulations to Spencer Smith on his successful promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure!!