Congratulations to our excellent graduate students who received prestigious external fellowships in the 2019-2020 academic year.

Hanna Trzeciakiewicz, PhD, our recent alumna and former Biochemistry graduate student, was awarded two, not just one, honorable and prestigious 黑料网 awards. Hanna was selected to receive the 2020 Dean鈥檚 Distinguished Dissertation Award in the area of Biological and Life Sciences. The faculty review committee and The Graduate School commended Hanna and her dissertation committee …

Researchers in Saskia Neher's lab have used cryoelectron microscopy (CryoEM) to solve the structure of the protein lipoprotein lipase (LPL) forming a novel helical assembly.

The Macromolecular Interactions Facility (MacInFac) recently applied for and was just awarded, a North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC) innovation impact grant for a Biacore 8K, a high-throughput Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) -based biosensor.

Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz announced the establishment of the 黑料网 COVID-19 Research Accelerator Fund on April 24. The fund will provide support to Carolina鈥檚 critical research teams focused on COVID-19 testing, treatment and prevention.

Congrats Yuyang Tang, Ph.D. (黑料网-CH Asst. Prof., HIV Division of Infectious Diseases) and Guochun Jiang, Ph.D., (黑料网-CH Asst. Prof. of Biochemistry & Biophysics, with a joint appointment with 黑料网 HIV Cure Center, Division of Infectious Diseases) and collaborators on your pub in Cell Reports! “Endogenous Retroviral Envelope Syncytin Induces HIV-1 Spreading and Establishes HIV Reservoirs …

Publication "A WIZ/Cohesin/CTCF Complex Anchors DNA Loops to Define Gene Expression and Cell Identity" in Cell Reports

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranks second in the United States in the 2020 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measure sustainability among institutions of higher education. The 2020 rankings, released April 22, placed Carolina at 22nd overall in the world out of 766 institutions from 85 countries, an improvement from our rank as 24th in the inaugural Impact Rankings in 2019.

Aspen Gutgsell has been awarded the 2020 Diane Harris Leadership Award for exemplary public service.

In the first piece as a writer for the North Carolina DNA Day Blog. The blog is an extension of the NC DNA Day program, which aims to get high school students in the state interested in science. Anna looks forward to continuing her participation in this program and developing her skills as a writer …

Working remotely from their home offices, the University鈥檚 librarians are helping the world鈥檚 virologists fight coronavirus by making faculty research more accessible online through the Carolina Digital Repository. The coronavirus example shows how valuable a reliable open access source can be for researchers. During the pandemic, 鈥淩esearchers have identified and shared hundreds of viral genome sequences. More than 200 clinical trials...

Hashem Meriesh, under the direction of Dr. Brian Strahl, successfully defended his dissertation on April 10, 2020 and received his PhD. The title of his dissertation is聽鈥淓lucidating the function of the histone H4 basic patch in SAGA-mediated histone H2B deubiquitination and histone acetylation鈥�. 聽 During his time at 黑料网, Hashem was awarded a T32 training …

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7 Biochemistry and Biophysics Graduate Students receive Prestigious External Fellowships in 2019-2020

Hanna Trzeciakiewicz earns TWO (not just one) internal 黑料网 awards!

Neher lab publishes CryoEM structure in PNAS

MacInFac Wins NCBC IIG Grant

Guskiewicz Announces 黑料网 COVID-19 Research Accelerator Fund

Jiang lab publishes HIV research in Cell Reports

Grad student Megan Justice first authored paper in Cell Reports!

Carolina Ranks 2nd in US, 22nd in World in 2020 鈥楾imes Higher Education鈥� Impact Rankings

Aspen Gutgsell Awarded the 12th Annual 鈥淒iane Harris Leadership Award鈥�

Graduate student Anna Wheless writes for NC DNA Day program: “A Portrait of a protein”

Disseminating Coronavirus Research

Graduate Student Hashem Meriesh receives his PhD!