3 days ago
Dalia Fleifel, a graduate student leader, has been awarded the 2025 Lineberger Graduate Fellow Award in Basic Science. This accolade was presented at the annual trainee awards ceremony on May 21st.
3 weeks ago
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) has announced that Dalia Tarek Fleifel has been awarded the prestigious AACR聽Scholar-in-Training Award. This recognition is based on the quality of her award application and her abstract titled 鈥淯nraveling c-MYC role in DNA replication origin licensing through non-canonical pathways.
1 month ago
Phu Nguyen, undergraduate researcher in the Strahl lab, has received The Edward Kidder Graham Award and the Bryan Public Service Award from the Chancellor. He also received the Stephen Brantley Undergraduate Award for his honors thesis!
1 month ago
The Special Master鈥檚 Program for employees in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics enables laboratory employees to pursue a Master鈥檚 degree on a part-time basis while working full-time in the Department. The faculty member in whose laboratory the employee works will normally be their research advisor, and must agree to the employee鈥檚 participation in the …
1 month ago
Dillon Sloan, graduate student in the Baker lab received an NIH Fellow (F31) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for his project entitled 鈥淢olecular mechanism of CCDC32 in Cardiofacioneurodevelopmental syndrome.鈥� Dillon also has a fellowship with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2 months ago
黑料网 Biochemistry and Biophysics faculty, students, staff, and postdocs gather for our Spring Happy Hour at Tallulas Turkish restaurant in Chapel Hill, NC. Even during challenging times, we gather together to support one another. This event was a wonderful opportunity for our community to connect, share experiences, and enjoy some delicious food. The atmosphere was …
2 months ago
Mark聽Kowalewski successfully defended his dissertation entitled 鈥淢ucin degrading glycoside hydrolases in the gut microbiome鈥� on March 31, 2025, under the direction of Dr. Matthew Redinbo.
2 months ago
Dr. Ike Emerson successfully defended his thesis, titled "Post-transcriptional mechanisms regulate cardiac sex differences," on March 28, 2025, under the direction of Dr. Frank Conlon.聽聽
2 months ago
Edgar Faison under the direction of Dr. Qi Zhang successfully defended her dissertation on March 20, 2025, and received his PhD! Program: Biochemistry and Biophysics. The title of his dissertation was 鈥淐hemical Visualization of Transient Conformational Processes in RNA鈥�
2 months ago
Brandy Curtis under the direction of Dr. Amy Galdfelter successfully defended her dissertation on March 12, 2025 and received her PhD!
