APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED. The Vertex CF Research Innovation Awards (CF RIA) support and inspire the next generation of researchers who are advancing the understanding of cystic fibrosis (CF). Awards are chosen by an independent steering committee and applications will be accepted from candidates in the US, Canada, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, … Read more
The Children’s Research Institute Seminar Series presents its May speaker, Ilona Jaspers, PhD, for her talk, "Vaping: Perspectives of an Inhalation Toxicologist who is Also a Mother of Teenagers." More information can be found here.
A free drop-in photo session is being offered for School of Medicine faculty and staff members, including post-docs, residents, fellows, research coordinators, administrative professionals, etc, on Wednesday, September 19. More information can be found here.
Join us on Sunday, September 23rd from 12pm-4pm, for an afternoon of FUNdraising! We are raising money and collecting non-perishable food items for our CF Patient Assistance Fund and Patient Food Pantry! This fund is used for medical devices, transportation assistance, and most recently grocery assistance. We hope to raise awareness around food insecurity issues … Read more
The Marsico Lung Institute Seminars in Respiratory Biology series will kick off with Dr. Richard C. Boucher's "State of the Marsico Lung Institute." The talk will be held in G100 Bondurant Hall at 9:00 AM, Friday, September 28, 2018. Richard C. Boucher, MD, is the Director of the Marsico Lung Institute/UNC CF Research Center.
Please join us on Thursday, October 11th, for the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Grand Rounds, featuring guest speaker Dr. Xiaobo Zhou (Harvard), who will be presenting "Molecular Mechanisms of GWAS Loci Associated with Lung Disease." The talk will take place at 8:30 a.m. in 101 Bondurant Hall.
Please join us this Friday, October 12th, for the next Marsico Lung Seminar session. In a preview for the upcoming CF meetings, we will have two speakers who will present their posters. Each speaker will have 20 minutes for the presentation, and time for questions will be limited to 10 minutes. The speakers will be: … Read more
Please join us this Friday, October 26th, for a review of last week's North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference. This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.
Please join us this Friday, November 2nd, for a presentation by Gang Chen, PhD, titled "Regulation of MUC5B Expression in Health and Muco-Obstructive Lung Diseases." This session will begin at 9:00 a.m. and be held in G100 Bondurant Hall.
The 13th European CF Young Investigator Meeting will take place at the Institute Pasteur in Paris (France) from February 27th to March 1st, 2019. This scientific meeting is organized by the European cystic fibrosis patients’ organizations together with the European Cystic Fibrosis Society. It aims at fostering interactions between young scientists in order to create … Read more