Todd Cohen, PhD, and Jonathan Schisler, PhD, will investigate the new ideas related to the regulation of the Tau protein, which plays a role in Alzheimer’s disease.

Channing Der, PhD, will be honored along with 23 other UNC faculty and teaching assistants at a banquet to celebrate the 2019 University Teaching Award winners.

The Office of Graduate Education at the UNC School of Medicine recognized 10 faculty members from across UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus as Excellence in Basic Science Mentoring Award winners at a January 15 ceremony with a keynote address.

UNC researchers including Leslie Parise, PhD, and graduate student, Alex Chung, have designed a novel way to attack an aggressive breast cancer.

Led by Leslie Morrow, PhD, research shows how new compounds could target specific brain cell receptors to treat a wide variety of conditions, such as alcoholism, Alzheimer’s, depression, and posttraumatic stress.

Pharmacology’s Bryan Roth teamed with UCSF and European researchers to create a platform to screen hundreds of millions of never-before-synthesized compounds and then produce remarkably potent antibacterial and psychiatric drug candidates.

Congratulations to Channing Der for receiving a $600,000 grant to study Pancreatic Cancer! See his interview in the Daily Tar Heel!

Wesley Legant has one of his scientific images on display in a new exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art, “The Art of Science and Innovation,” which showcases the hidden beauty of biomedical research that could help unlock new, life-saving treatments. The free exhibition runs through Jan. 14, 2019, and features stunning images from the labs of UNC School of Medicine scientists.

Congratulations to Juan Song who will be awarded one of four 2019 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Prizes for Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.

Klaus Hahn will receive the prestigious Pearse Prize from the Royal Microscopy Society for his pioneering work in the “design of biosensors and optogenetics to visualize and control signalling in living cells.” The prize is given every 4 to 5 years to “a scientist who has made a significant contribution to histochemistry and life sciences, and is still active in their field.” He will give a plenary lecture and receive the award in July in England.