Dr. Gilliland currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology and as the associate dean for curriculum, where he has partnered with faculty in implementing curriculum change in the Foundation Phase in 2014 and 2023. In this new role, Dr. Gilliland will provide leadership,...

Thirty-three students at UNC-Chapel Hill have received prestigious awards from the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program for their research in STEM-related fields. UNC SOM recipients are Glory Dan-Dukor, McKenzie Grundy, Nichole Margaret Hondrogiannis, Dhuvarakesh Karthikeyan, and Rachel Sharp. These highly competitive fellowships recognize and support outstanding students who...

“For Her Brother”  Upon watching her brother grow up and struggle with cystic fibrosis, Rhianna Lee has dedicated her life to studying the disease. Click here for article.

The HEAL Director’s Award for Excellence in Research recognizes HEAL-funded investigators who exemplify research excellence, support broad dissemination of key research, and demonstrate leadership in the scientific community. The 2023 awardees’ development of experimental practices, models, and approaches have had a major, transformative impact on the pain and addiction research...

Jimena Giudice has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).  The project entitled, “Mechanotransduction, transcription, and alternative splicing in cell biology” has been awarded for five years. CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards...

The Brennwald Lab have a new paper in the Journal of Cell Biology in collaboration with Rick Baker in the Biochemistry Department at UNC.  This was the work of a talented postdoc in the lab (now an Assistant Professor at Hofstra University) Brittany Miller and Guendalina Rossi (Assistant Professor) as...

Michelle Itano, PhD Receives CZI Grant to Help Train the Next Generation of Imaging Scientists.  Click here to read more.

Eppin Pharma has partnered with the nonprofit Male Contraceptive Initiative (MCI), which has provided the company a program related investment of up to $800,000. Read full article featured on WRAL TechWire.

Memories from Diering’s life trace the rising star’s scientific path from raising lizards as a child and later exploring home brewing to heading a lab that investigates memory, sleep disturbances and early development in animals with autism-linked mutations. Asleep in the Mouse House with Graham Diering | Spectrum | Autism...

Join us in sending a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Stephanie Gupton!!  She has been promoted to Full Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, effective October 1, 2022.