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Graduate Student, Natalie Tanke, In Collaboration With The Cook Lab (UNC Biochemistry and Biophysics) Receives F31 Predoctoral Fellowship Award From The National Institutes Of Health’s (NIH) National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute (NHLBI)

April 20, 2021

Congratulations to Natalie Tanke, a graduate student in Dr. Bautch’s Lab, in collaboration with the lab of Jean Cook, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics; Associate Dean for Graduate Education, for recently receiving an F31 predoctoral fellowship award from NIH’s NHLBI. The fellowship provides ongoing stipend support for their project, titled “Endothelial Cell Cycle Responses … Read more

Graduate Research Assistant, Gabriela Torres, Successfully Defends Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Thesis

April 20, 2021

Congratulations to Gabriela Torres, a graduate research assistant, who received her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Electrical Engineering from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, currently in Dr. Gallippi’s Lab, for successfully defending Ph.D. thesis. Gabriela passed her Ph.D. Defense, titled: “Noninvasive ARFI Ultrasound for Differentiating Carotid Plaque with High Stroke Risk”, on April 9, … Read more

Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research & Education (SPIRE) Postdoctoral Fellow, Whitney Edwards, Receives 2021 Postdoctoral Fellowship From American Heart Association (AHA)

April 20, 2021

Congratulations to Whitney Edwards, a SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellow in UNC Biological & Genome Sciences, who received her Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, currently in Dr. Conlon’s Lab, for recently receiving a 2021 postdoctoral fellowship from AHA. Whitney’s fellowship provides stipend support for her project, titled “TBX20/TLE Interaction Is Essential … Read more

Junlang Li And Ke Cheng, Ph.D. Publish In Journal Of The American Heart Association (JAHA)

April 20, 2021

Congratulations to Junlang Li, Ph.D. Student in the Ke Cheng Lab, and Ke Cheng, Ph.D., Randall B. Terry, Jr. Distinguished Professor In Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, NC State University and UNC/NCSU Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering; Adjunct Professor, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, for publishing paper, titled “All Roads Lead to Rome … Read more

The Bautch Lab Publishes In Angiogenesis

April 20, 2021

Congratulations to the lab of Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for publishing paper, titled “SMAD6 Transduces Endothelial Cell Flow Responses Required for Vascular Homeostasis” in the journal Angiogenesis.   The work from Dr. Bautch’s lab was led by former postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Dana Ruter, … Read more

Biochemistry and Biophysics Graduate Student, Anna Wheless, Receives Graduate Research Fellowship From National Science Foundation (NSF)

April 5, 2021

Congratulations to Anna Wheless, a biochemistry and biophysics graduate student, who received her Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biology with a concentration in Microbiology from the University of Houston–Downtown, a member of Dr. Neher’s lab since April, 2020, studying the inhibition of LPL by ANGPTL4, for recently receiving Graduate Research Fellowship from NSF. The fellowship … Read more

Jiandong Liu, Ph.D. Receives 2020-2021 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award

April 5, 2021

Congratulations to Jiandong Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for the receipt of 2020-2021 Yang Family Biomedical Scholars Award. This award is annually made to a few of the most promising young tenured faculty in the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Medicine.