Congratulations to Brian Velasco, BA, Senior Research Technician/Laboratory Manager, and Kennita Johnson, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor, both in Dr. Dayton’s Lab, for receiving the Dean’s Performance Award and the Faculty Teaching and Mentoring Award, respectively, for 2020.       Paul Dayton, Ph.D, Professor and Principical Investigator, expresses that these are well-deserved awards and that … Read more

Congratulations to Silvio Antoniak, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and member of the UNC Blood Research Center, in collaboration with James C. Bonner, Ph.D. (NCSU), for the receipt of grant from NC TraCS. Their $50k grant, titled “Role of PAR-2 in nanoparticle modulation of allergic lung disease”, was recently funded by … Read more

Congratulations to Karen L. Mohlke, Ph.D., Professor, Genetics, Associate Chair For Research, Oliver Smithies Investigator, for the receipt of an Award For Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring from the UNC School of Medicine.  

Congratulations to Paul Dayton, Ph.D, Professor, BME Interim Chair, for the receipt of the 2020 BME Faculty Service Award from the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering.  

Congratulations to Jonathan Schisler, M.S., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, for publishing papers, titled “Comprehensive Multi-omics Analysis Reveals Mitochondrial Stress as a Central Biological Hub for Spaceflight Impact” and “Circulating miRNA Spaceflight Signature Reveals Targets for Countermeasure Development” in the journals Cell and Cell Reports, as co-author. Dr. Schisler’s papers are both featured on … Read more