16 years ago
Ras is a family of genes encoding small GTPases involved in cellular signal transduction. If their signals are dysregulated, Ras proteins can cause cancer. Dr. Sharon Campbell explains her lab鈥檚 research into a novel mechanism for regulation of Ras proteins by reactive free radical species.
16 years ago
Thursday, October 15, 2009 鈥� Dr. Xian Chen, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics, who along with Dr. Morgan Giddings, Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology have been awarded a $1.6 million 2-year 鈥淕rand Opportunities鈥� (GO) grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute.
16 years ago
Dr. Arrel Toews, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics receives the honor of giving this year's Richard H. Whitehead Lecture.
16 years ago
Congratulations to Dr. Aziz Sancar, Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, receives the highest honor bestowed upon alumni of the University of Texas, Dallas.
16 years ago
Congratulations to Dr. Yi Zhang who has been named a Kenan Distinguished Professor effective July 1, 2009
16 years ago
Congratulations to Dr. Brian Strahl, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, for receiving the 2009 Phillip and Ruth Hettleman Award for Outstanding Artistic and Scholarly Achievement.
16 years ago
Congratulations to Arrel Toews, Research Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics for winning the Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, the highest campus-based recognition for teaching undergraduates.
16 years ago
Researchers in Yi Zhang's group in the Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics at 黑料网-Chapel Hill have discovered a gene that when mutated causes obesity by dampening the body鈥檚 ability to burn energy while leaving appetite unaffected.
16 years ago
Researchers in Aziz Sancar's group in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics at 黑料网-Chapel Hill have shown that disruption of the circadian clock 鈥� the internal time-keeping mechanism that keeps the body running on a 24-hour cycle 鈥� can slow the progression of cancer.
16 years ago
A new study from Aziz Sancar's group in the Dept. of Biochemistry & Biophysics at 黑料网-Chapel Hill suggests that chemotherapy is most effective at certain times of day because that is when a particular enzyme system 鈥� one that can reverse the actions of chemotherapeutic drugs 鈥� is at its lowest levels in the body.
17 years ago
Dr. Richard Wolfenden, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics, and member of the National Academy of Sciences, and co-author Charles Lewis, PhD publish a report in the November issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showing that without enzymes speeding the process, it would take 2.3 bilion years to complete vital biological transformation.
17 years ago
Researchers at 黑料网-Chapel Hill in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics have transformed cells from human skin into cells that produce insulin, the hormone used to treat diabetes.
