Andrew Scott Kennedy Jr. is a 4th year PhD Candidate in the lab of Jessica Thaxton, PhD, associate professor of cell biology and physiology and member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. In the lab, Kennedy Jr. uses super-resolution microscopy techniques to visualize and better understand how CAR-T cells, a specialized type...

Heather McCauley received a 3-year award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She will use iPSC-derived human intestinal organoids to study the gastrointestinal manifestations of CF. They hypothesized that altered mucus composition and abnormal epithelial cell biology both contribute to impaired nutrient absorption that occurs in people with CF. They plan...

Extra Mile Award for CBP Graduate Student: Casandra Phillips (Natasha Snider Lab) Extra Mile Award for Postdoctoral Fellow: Jessica Cote (Jimena Giudice Lab) and Zachary Drum (Doug Phanstiel Lab) Staff Excellence Award: Hongyu Ren (Doug Cyr Lab) and Curtis Connor & Carl Parson (Histology Research Core) CBP Service Award: Crystal...

Pierre-Emmanuel N’Guetta’s beautiful kidney image was selected for the cover of the October 2023 Nephrology Dialysis Transplation Journal.

Dr. Katie Baldwin, Assistant Prof. in CBP and the Neuroscience Center for receiving the highly prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award!  This program, supported through the NIH Common Fund, recognizes and supports the country’s most creative and cutting-edge science.  Click here for more details.

Visualizing Axon Pruning During development, neurons trim hundreds of excess axons in an intricately coordinated destructive process.  Continue reading here.

Snider Lab Undergraduate Research Student, Jerry Whitley, participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF). Click here for story.

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Kristen Scherrer who was recently recognized for her Academy of Educator (AOE) accomplishments and appointment to the Leadership Council.

Jessica Cote has been awarded a P&F award from SPLENDOR-NC (Supporting, Promoting, and Launching the Expansion of Nutrition, Diabetes, and Obesity Researchers in North Carolina). Jessica will use the award to investigate the extent to which clathrin alternative splicing regulates mitochondria function in skeletal muscle. She is a member of...

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