Dr. Patrick Taus stands with his parents, Dave and Becky Taus. Patrick Taus, a member of Angelique Whitehurst’s lab, successfully defended his PhD February 9, 2016. The title of his thesis is “FATE1: Contributor to Tumor Cell Fitness and Example of an Oncogene-activated Cancer Testis Antigen.” Patrick flew in from Dallas, TX, where the Whitehorse … Read more
Dr. Jason Melehani and mentor, Dr. Joseph Alex Duncan On February 3, 2016 Jason Melehani, a member of Alex Duncan’s lab, successfully defended his Ph.D. The title of Jason’s thesis is “Mechanisms and consequences of Staphylococcus aureus Leukocidin AB-mediated activation of the host NLRP3 inflammasome.” Jason published two papers this year: Staphylococcus aureus Leukocidin … Read more
Nicole Baker founds Science Writing and Communication Club and popular SWAC science blog, The PipettePen.
Reid Olsen, recipient of the Tanner Teaching Assistants Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Reid Olsen, Pharmacology graduate student and member of Bryan Roth’s Lab, was honored by UNC with a prestigious 2016 Tanner Teaching Assistants Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. Reid received the award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching on campus. Reid’s … Read more
Congratulations to Derek Franklin for receiving the Thomas Collum Butler Graduate Fellowship Award and to Reid Olsen and Dan Gullet, who received Pharmacology Scholars Awards.
Dr. Carrie Rubel with mentor, Jonathan Schisler Carrie Rubel, a member of both Jonathan Schisler’s and Gary Johnson’s labs successfully defended her thesis on November 16, 2015. The title of her thesis was “Ubiquitin Proteasome System Dysfunction as a Driver of Disease: CHIP Mutation in Spinocerebellar Ataxia.” Our congratulations to Carrie!
Dr. Francesca Bargiacci and mentor, Shelley Earp Francesca Bargiacci, a member of both Shelley Earp’s lab, and Chuck Perou’s lab, successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Specific Combinations of Transcription Factors Induce Transdifferentiation to a Mammary Luminal Epithelial Cell Phenotype” on November 6, 2015. Our congratulations to Francesca!
Onur Dagliyan, Lineberger Fellow Award recipient October 27, 2015 Onur Dagliyan, a graduate student in the Hahn and Dokhoyan Labs, was notified this week that he has been selected to receive a Lineberger Fellow Award. Onur received the award for his research developing optogenetic and chemogenetic tools to interrogate cell motility signaling in cancer … Read more
Two long-term undergraduate researchers in Dr. Juan Song’s lab were recently profiled by LabTV, a documentary style program that features NIH-funded laboratories and researchers. Isaac Haniff and Szu-Aun Lim, the featured Song lab researchers, are completing their senior year at UNC Chapel Hill, and will be traveling to Chicago Illinois to the Society for Neuroscience … Read more
Leanna Gentry, a member of Channing Der’s lab, successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis September 3, 2015.
