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 necessary for proper myogenesis” in … Read more

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 The FEBS Journal. The work … Read more

  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 and can be viewed here … Read more

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 pressure.

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 the inhalable COVID-19 vaccine prototype … Read more

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, at Duke University. Vasculata is … Read more

  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 Genetics and Molecular Biology (GMB) … Read more

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 potential therapeutic interventions for CLOVES.

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 cell field in the June … Read more