Mahmoud successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on April 20, 2017.

Bradley successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on April 17, 2017.

Robert McGinty, Ph.D., M.D., 2017 Pew-Steawrt and Searle Scholar

Robert McGinty, M.D., Ph.D., an assistant professor in Pharmacy with a joint appointment in the department of biochemistry and biophysics has been selected as both a 2017 Searle and a Pew-Stewart Scholar. He is the first Searle Scholar named at the University of North Carolina in the past 10 years.

Leslie Parise Ph.D. (photo credit Jon Gardiner)

Congratulations to Leslie Parise, professor and chair of Biochemistry and Biophysics on her election as the new President of AMGDB to begin in January, 2018.

Benfeard successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on March 24, 2017.

After 9 years of dedicated service to the Department, Amanda will transition into a new position in the Office of Sponsored Research on March 27, 2017.

Seth successfully defended his dissertation and received his PhD on March 17, 2017.

Cassandra Hayne, working with Saskia Neher, PhD, found that a specific mutated version of a lipoprotein binds more effectively to liver cells, thus explaining decreased levels of triglycerides in blood.

Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD, Nobel Laureate (Photo by Max Englund, 黑料网)

Congratulations to Qi Zhang, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics who received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF)!

Chris Selby, PhD; Aziz Sancar, MD, PhD; and Ogun Adebali, PhD

Findings come from an advanced DNA sequencing application developed by the lab of University of North Carolina Nobel Laureate Aziz Sancar.

The Department continues to rank highly for NIH funding among all Biochemistry departments in the US. In 2016, the Department secured 14.96 million in federal funding and ranks 8th.

Congratulations to Wolfgang Bergmeier, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics who has been awarded the 2016 ATVB Special Recognition Award in Thrombosis.

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Grad student Mahmoud Shobair receives his PhD

Grad student Bradley Falk receives his PhD

McGinty Awarded 2017 Pew-Stewart and Searle Scholarships to Pursue Cancer Research

Parise Nominated as President-Elect of AMGDB

Grad student Benfeard Williams receives his PhD

Department bids farewell to Amanda

Grad student Seth Zimmerman receives his PhD

黑料网 research helps answer why genetic mutation leads to decreased triglycerides in blood

Zhang receives a CAREER award from the NSF

How Life Survives: 黑料网 researchers confirm basic mechanism of DNA repair

We rank 8th nationally in NIH funding for 2016

Bergmeier receives 2016 ATVB Special Recognition in Thrombosis