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2022-2023 MHI Seminar Series, Fall Schedule

Gabrielle M. Gentile And Jimena Giudice, Ph.D. Publish In The Federation Of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal

Congratulations to Gabrielle M. Gentile, B.Sc., a Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) graduate student in the Giudice Lab, and Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, for publishing paper, titled “The synaptosome-associated protein 23 (SNAP23) is...

Hannah J. Wiedner And Jimena Giudice, Ph.D. Publish In The Federation Of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) Journal

Congratulations to Hannah J. Wiedner, B.Sc., a Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) graduate student in the Giudice Lab, and Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology, for publishing paper, titled “SET domain containing 2 (SETD2) influences metabolism and alternative splicing during myogenesis” in...

Cell Biology And Physiology (CBP) Graduate Student, Molly Kulikauskas, Featured In UNC’s Shadow A Scientist

Congratulations to Molly Kulikauskas, a CBP graduate student in the Bautch Lab, for being featured in UNC’s Shadow A Scientist. Molly is a 5th-year Ph.D. candidate in the CBP Department at UNC, and in Dr. Bautch’s lab, she studies how blood cells develop. She is featured online this week...

Joan M. Taylor, Ph.D. Invited To Speak At The Vasculata 2022 – Environmental Determinants Of Vascular Health & Disease Meeting

Congratulations to Joan M. Taylor, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for being invited to speak at the Vasculata 2022 – Environmental Determinants of Vascular Health & Disease Meeting. Dr. Taylor spoke about the role of Rho activory to control systemic blood...

Ke Cheng, Ph.D., In Collaboration With UNC-Chapel Hill And Duke University Colleagues, Leads Development Of Inhalable COVID-19 Vaccine Prototype

Congratulations to 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, in collaboration with UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University colleagues, for leading the development of...

Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D. Presents Keynote Address At The Vasculata 2022 – Environmental Determinants Of Vascular Health & Disease Meeting

Congratulations to Victoria L. Bautch, Ph.D., Beverly Long Chapin Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for presenting keynote address at the Vasculata 2022 – Environmental Determinants of Vascular Health & Disease Meeting. Dr. Bautch did a great job presenting to a full house on Monday, July 18th,...

The Giudice Lab Publishes In The Journal RNA

Congratulations to the Lab of Jimena Giudice, Ph.D., a MHI member and Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, for publishing paper, titled “Alternative splicing regulation of membrane trafficking genes during myogenesis”, in the journal RNA. The work from Dr. Giudice’s Lab team was co-first authored by...

Postdoctoral Fellow, Wen Yih Aw, Receives 2022 Research Grant From The Congenital Lipomatous Overgrowth, Vascular Malformations, Epidermal Nevis, Spinal/Skeletal Anomalies/Scoliosis (CLOVES) Syndrome Foundation

Congratulations to Dr. Wen Yih Aw, a biomolecular engineering (BME) postdoctoral fellow in the Polacheck Lab, for recently receiving a 2022 research grant from the CLOVES Syndrome Foundation. The one-year pilot grant provides funds to extend Dr. Aw’s work in developing patient-specific microfluidic models of the microvasculature to screen for...

Li Qian, Ph.D. Publishes In The Journal Cell Stem Cell

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for publishing a Voices article, titled “Anniversary Reflections: Inspiring Discoveries and the Future of the Field”, in the journal Cell Stem Cell. Dr. Qian was invited to share her opinion and vision for the future of stem...