Congratulations to Dr. Nate Nicely on being promoted to the position of Associate Professor, effective August 1st, 2023!

Congratulations to Amanda Graboski for her first-author paper in Cell Chemical Biology!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Juan Song has been promoted to the position of Full Professor, effective August 1st, 2023!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Michael Emanuele has been promoted to the position of Full Professor, effective August 1st, 2023!

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Jude Samuski is awarded as an Alumni Distinguished Professor, effective immediately on July 1st of 2023.

Zoe McElligott, PhD, was one of three UNC addiction medicine researchers featured in Vital Signs. This translational research team is battling the opioid epidemic by analyzing the ever-changing composition of street drugs and testing how emerging drug combination such as xylazine and fentanyl interact in rodent models.

Dr. Sandroni, of Brian Jensen’s Lab, successfully defended his PhD thesis, “The Alpha-1A Adrenergic Receptor Regulates Oxidative Metabolism in the Mouse Heart” on June 26.

Congratulations to Graydon (Grey) Gereau, graduate student from the McElligott lab, on his FIRST first-author paper exploring neurotensin transmission through the brain-body connection!

The competitive award will fund their project titled, “Development of a Novel Platform Approach to Expand the Degradable Proteome.” Congratulations to all!

Dr. Altinok successfully defended her thesis “Domain-Specific Changes in CHIP Function Explain Distinct Clinical Features in SCA48 Patients” on June 6.