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Science Writers Visit the Hahn Lab

January 14, 2013

33 Science writers for various scientific journals from around the country visited the Hahn Lab October 26, 2012 for a demonstration of live cell imaging.

Bryan Roth Interviewed for Bloomberg TV and Nobel Prize Website

January 14, 2013

Blakeway Productions filmed an interview with Dr. Bryan Roth for Bloomberg TV to be aired the week the Nobel Prizes are awarded in December. The interview will also be available on the Nobel Prize website. Filming of the interview took place in the Roth Labs at UNC on November 6, 2012. Watch the video on … Read more

Jobin Lab publishes paper in Science

December 14, 2012

The Jobin lab has published a paper in the October 2012 issue of Science titled” Intestinal inflammation targets cancer-inducing activity of the microbiota” in which they identify the intestinal microbiota as a target of inflammation that affects the progression of colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CRC). First author on the paper is Janelle Arthur, a postdoctoral fellow in the Jobin lab.

Wang Lab Publishes Paper in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology

September 19, 2012

The Wang Lab had a paper published in Nature Structural & Molecular Biology September 16, 2012 titled, “Intronic splicing enhancers, cognate splicing factors and context-dependent regulation rules.” Yang Wang, Research Assistant Professor in the Wang lab, is first author on paper. Along with Zefeng Wang, co-authors are Meng Ma, from UNC and Xinshu Xiao at … Read more

Dr. Zefeng Wang wins Jefferson Pilot Award

September 19, 2012

Dr. Zefeng Wang, Assistant Professor in Pharmacology, has received a Jefferson Pilot Fellowship in Academic Medicine. Dr. Wang will receive $20,000 to be paid over a four-year period in equal installments of $5,000 per year. The award is to be used at the discretion of the recipient for support of his/her scholarly endeavors. The research … Read more

Nicole Vincent Jordan Receives PhD

September 12, 2012

Nicole Vincent Jordan, a member of the Johnson lab, successfully defended her thesis September 6, 2012. The title of her thesis is “Epigenetic Regulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Epithelial Stem Cells and Triple Negative Breast Cancer.

Department bids farewell to Pilar Blancafort

September 11, 2012

The Pharmacology department held a goodbye party for Associate Professor Pilar Blancafort, who will be moving on to a new position in the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia in Crawley, Australia.