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Congratulations to Jean Marie Mwiza, a graduate research assistant in Dr. Bergmeier’s Lab, for recently receiving a prestigious predoctoral fellowship from AHA. Jean Marie’s fellowship provides stipend support for 2 years for his project, titled “Determining the Platelet Signaling Pathway(s) Critical in Venous Thrombosis Pathogenesis”.

Congratulations to Wolfgang Bergmeier, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, in collaboration with a multi-institutional team, for publishing article in the journal Science Advances.   Their research, titled “Platelets Trigger Perivascular Mast Cell Degranulation To Cause Inflammatory Responses and Tissue Injury”, was published in the March 18, 2020 edition...

Congratulations to Xue Bai, Ph.D., an assistant professor in Dr. Taylor’s Lab, for the receipt of Pilot & Feasibility Program grant from UNC NORC. Dr. Bai received grant, titled “GRAF1 Regulates Brown and Beige Fat Formation and Function”. It is a 1-year grant for $39,000.

Congratulations to the lab of Victoria L Bautch, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Biology; Co-Director, UNC McAllister Heart Institute, for having their research featured on the cover of Carolina Scientific. The Bautch Lab’s research was recently highlighted in Carolina Scientific, a publication put out by UNC undergraduates. Ms. Sarah Yaejin Kim...

Congratulations to Hussein Kassam, postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Kibbe’s Lab, for publishing in the journal, Nanomaterials. This interdisciplinary study with collaborators at Northwestern University shows that nanoscale materials can be used to target a chemokine involved in both neointimal hyperplasia and atherosclerosis. The work, led by Hussein, is featured in...

Congratulations to the lab of Maya Styner, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, for publishing paper, entitled “Exercise Degrades Bone in Caloric Restriction, Despite Suppression of Marrow Adipose Tissue (MAT)” in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. Their paper is featured in the January, 2020...

Congratulations to the lab of Wolfgang Bergmeier, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, in collaboration with the lab of Sharon Campbell, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, for having their research featured on the cover of JTH. Their research, entitled “Subcellular localization of Rap1 GTPase activator CalDAG‐GEFI is...

Congratulations to the lab of Melina Kibbe, M.D., Colin G. Thomas, Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery; Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, for publishing paper, entitled “Development of Poly(1,8-octanediol-co-citrate-co-ascorbate) Elastomers with Enhanced Ascorbate Performance for Use as a Graft Coating to Prevent Neointimal Hyperplasia” in the journal ACS...

Congratulations to Nigel Key, M.B., CH.B., F.R.C.P., Director of UNC Hemophilia and Thrombosis Center and Saira Z. Sheikh, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine; Director, UNC Rheumatology Lupus Clinic; Director, Clinical Trials Program at UNC’s Thurston Arthritis Research Center, In Partnership With EpiCypher, for the receipt of NIH Phase II Small...