Vicki Morgan will retire in March 2026 after 33 years of service to the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, leaving behind a legacy of care, dedication, and excellence. Victoria Morgan, affectionately known as Vicki, the business manager for the Cell Biology and Physiology Department (CBP) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, …

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From working with wild squirrels to discovering unknown G protein-coupled receptor kinases, Ellen Weiss’s research opened new doors for understanding the human eye and retinal degenerative diseases. In 1990, when Ellen Weiss picked up the phone as a postdoc in Gary Johnson’s lab at the National Jewish Center in Denver, Colorado, she had no clue …

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