Category: News

Congratulations to Jiandong Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Jensen’s Lab, for publishing paper, titled “Cardiac alpha-1A adrenergic receptors: emerging protective roles in cardiovascular diseases”, in the journal AJP-HEART.  

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and her team for publishing an invited long review article, titled “Direct cell reprogramming: approaches, mechanisms and progress”, in the prestigious Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. Their work is featured in the February 22, 2021 issue of...

Congratulations to Li Qian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, for the receipt of EIA R35 grant from NIH’s NHLBI. The grant is to support the Qian Lab’s continued effort in further developing and refining reprogramming approaches to repair injured hearts. It is a 7-year grant for...

Congratulations to Matthew Stevenson (B.S.), a GBM student in Dr. O’Brien’s Lab, for recently receiving an F31 research fellowship award from NCI. Matthew’s fellowship provides ongoing stipend support for his research on oncogenic mechanisms underlying Wilms tumor using kidney organoids.

Congratulations to Edward Moreira Bahnson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, for publishing paper, titled “Allyship in Surgical Residents: Evidence for LGBTQ Competency Training in Surgical Education” in the Journal of Surgical Research. Dr. Bahnson’s paper highlights the importance of LGBTQ cultural competence...

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...

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...

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.